Recommendations to the Social Security Administration on the Design of the Mental Health Treatment Study
Contributing Organization(s): Urban Institute
Author(s)/Creator(s): Laudan Y. Aron; Martha R. Burt; David Wittenburg
Publishing Date: 2005-02-28
Issue Areas: Disability Issues; Employment and Labor; Welfare and Public Assistance
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Many beneficiaries with mental illness who have a strong desire to work nevertheless continue to seek the protection and security of disability benefits, not only because of the income such benefits provide but also for the health care coverage that comes with it. Further complicating matters is that few jobs available to people with mental illnesses have mental health care coverage, forcing individuals to choose between employment and access to care. These barriers, coupled with the limited treatment options and negative employer attitudes and even discrimination when it comes to employing people with serious metal illness, help "explain" the very rates of low labor force participation among people with psychiatric disabilities.
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