Social security disability and the mentally ill: Changes in the adjudication process and treating source information requirements

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 284-292

  Leo, Raphael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PARANOIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POLICY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 0036111816     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0048-5713-20020501-05     Document Type: Review

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