Characteristics of persons with mental illness in a representative payee program.
This study compared the characteristics of 56 clients with severe mental illness in a community mental health agency's representative payeeship program with those of 54 clients who did not participate in the program. Based on data from a two-year period, participants in the representative payee program were characterized by disability or financial distress, indicated by a diagnosis of schizophrenia, homelessness, lack of rent money, and lack of financial skills; long-term dependence on income from Social Security and services provided by the mental health system, evidenced by receipt of Supplemental Security Income and frequent hospitalizations; and lack of financial independence, as reflected by inability to earn income from employment and lack of financial support from family.
Conrad
K J
KJ
Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA. kjconrad@uic.edu
Matters
M D
MD
Hanrahan
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P
Luchins
D J
DJ
Savage
C
C
Daugherty
B
B
D000328:Adult; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005376:Financial Management; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods*