title: Characteristics of persons with mental illness in a representative payee program.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA. kjconrad@uic.edu
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Conrad
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Matters
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hanrahan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Luchins
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daugherty
mesh_terms: 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*