Representative payeeship and mental illness: a review.
Representative Payeeship (RP) is intended to help individuals who are unable to manage disability payments appropriately to meet their basic living needs. This paper reviews the literature on whether RP is effective among individuals with mental disorders. We also review RP's mental health effects and its use as leverage in achieving behavioral goals. RP appears to be effective in helping clients meet their basic living needs; it also may decrease hospitalization and improve treatment compliance. Finally, we propose a research design to disentangle the role of clinical leverage from the more basic money-management function of RP.
Luchins
Daniel J
DJ
Center for Public Mental Health Services and Policy Research, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, MC 3077, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA. danl@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu
Roberts
David L
DL
Hanrahan
Patricia
P
D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005382:Financing, Personal; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006798:Housing / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012943:Social Security / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States