Navigating Social Security Disability Programs: A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates
by20200229
Praeger
Pages | 576 |
Topics | Common Mistakes Claimants Make;Common Mistakes Clinicians Make;An Overview of Social Security Disability Programs;Clinical Assessment of the Ability to Work;What is Disability, What is Work;Measuring Disability;Disability Determination and Lack of Treating Clinician Support |
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MLA
Noblitt, James and Noblitt, Pamela. Navigating Social Security Disability Programs: A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates. Praeger, 2020. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440870026.
Chicago Manual of Style
Noblitt, James, and Pamela Noblitt. Navigating Social Security Disability Programs: A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates. Praeger, 2020. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440870026
APA
Noblitt, J. & Noblitt, P. (2020). Navigating Social Security Disability Programs: A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440870026
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This book responds to a previously unmet need: unlocking the mysteries of Social Security disability programs and providing medical and mental health clinicians, as well as advocates, with the information necessary to act in the best interests of their clients.
This text aims to bring clarity to medical and psychological health care providers so they better understand the importance of their role in disability determinations by familiarizing them with the benefits, limitations, and qualifications for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income. Also useful for patient advocates, the authors here provide insights into the workings of Social Security, the language employed, the definitions adhered to, and the reliance on providers to respond to requests from Social Security and their patients to support their claims when warranted. Almost all medical and mental health professionals will need to interact with Social Security at some point, but will not understand the relevance or importance of their response. Much hangs on the clarity of treatment notes and opinions rendered by clinicians. Not only can their failure to respond to requests for Social Security, or to their patients in a disability case, obstruct their patients' access to benefits, it may also put a provider at risk of board censure or civil suit.
- Provides a realistic understanding of the Social Security Disability bureaucracy
- Provides basic eligibility requirements and potential benefits
- Suggests strategies for maintaining treatment records that respond to needs of Social Security
- Explains how the language of Social Security differs from that of medicine and psychology and how to reconcile the two
- Provides the ethical underpinning of clinicians' participation in the disability determination process
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Navigating Social Security Disability Programs: A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates
Author(s): Noblitt, James; Noblitt, Pamela;Contributors: Noblitt, James; Noblitt, Pamela;Abstract:This book responds to a previously unmet need: unlocking the mysteries of Social Security disability programs and providing medical and mental health clinicians, as well as advocates, with the information necessary to act in the best interests of their clients.
This text aims to bring clarity to medical and psychological health care providers so they better understand the importance of their role in disability determinations by familiarizing them with the benefits, limitations, and qualifications for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income. Also useful for patient advocates, the authors here provide insights into the workings of Social Security, the language employed, the definitions adhered to, and the reliance on providers to respond to requests from Social Security and their patients to support their claims when warranted. Almost all medical and mental health professionals will need to interact with Social Security at some point, but will not understand the relevance or importance of their response. Much hangs on the clarity of treatment notes and opinions rendered by clinicians. Not only can their failure to respond to requests for Social Security, or to their patients in a disability case, obstruct their patients' access to benefits, it may also put a provider at risk of board censure or civil suit.
- Provides a realistic understanding of the Social Security Disability bureaucracy
- Provides basic eligibility requirements and potential benefits
- Suggests strategies for maintaining treatment records that respond to needs of Social Security
- Explains how the language of Social Security differs from that of medicine and psychology and how to reconcile the two
- Provides the ethical underpinning of clinicians' participation in the disability determination process
SortTitle: navigating social security disability programs: a handbook for clinicians and advocatesAuthor Info:James Randall NoblittauthorPamela Perskin NoblittauthoreISBN-13: 9781440870026Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440870026.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440870019Imprint: PraegerPages: 576Publication Date: 20200229- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Dedication v6
- Contents vii8
- Preface xi12
- Acknowledgments xvii18
- Introduction xix20
- Chapter 1. An Overview of Social Security Disability Programs 130
- Chapter 2. Clinical Assessment of the Ability to Work 938
- Chapter 3. Disability Determination 2554
- Chapter 4. Complicating Factors in Disability Determination 3362
- Chapter 5. The Role of Clinicians in Disability Determination 4978
- Chapter 6. Psychological Disabilities 5786
- Neurocognitive Disorders 5988
- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 6190
- Depressive, Bipolar, and Related Disorders 6291
- Intellectual Disorder 6392
- Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders 6493
- Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders 6695
- Personality and Impulse-Control Disorders 6695
- Autism Spectrum Disorder 6796
- Neuro developmental Disorders 6897
- Eating Disorders 6998
- Developmental Disorders in Infants and Toddlers 7099
- Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 71100
- Chapter 7. Application Process for Social Security Disability Programs 75104
- Chapter 8. Claimants and Advocates: Navigating the Disability Determination Process 99128
- Chapter 9. The Past, Present, and Future: Public Policy and Social Security 115144
- Epilogue 131160
- Appendix A. Listing of Impairments (Adult) 135164
- Appendix B. Listing of Impairments (Child) 322351
- Appendix C. Functional Limitations Due to Physical Impairment Questionnaire (Adult) 489518
- Appendix D. Functional Limitations Due to Psychological Impairment Questionnaire (Adult) 495524
- Appendix E. Functional Limitations Due to Physical Impairment Questionnaire (Child) 502531
- Appendix F. Functional Limitations Due to Psychological Impairment Questionnaire (Child) 509538
- Appendix G. Example of Social Security–Compatible Documentation of Psychological Services 517546
- Appendix H. Compassionate Allowance List (as of August 20, 2018) 521550
- References 529558
- Glossary of Terms 533562
- Index 539568
- About the Author 545574