Navigating Social Security Disability Programs : A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates

Pamela Perskin Noblitt

ISBN 13: 9798765136645

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2024, 2024

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Neuware - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Navigating Social Security Disability Programs : A Handbook for Clinicians and Advocates
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nov 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798765136645
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 29D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 795 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

James Randall Noblitt is a licensed psychologist in the state of Texas and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, USA.

Pamela Perskin Noblitt is a non-attorney representative who advocates on behalf of disabled claimants. She was selected as one of 100 Women of 2000 by Eckerd's Salute to Women.