Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that may cause serious mental health symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, paranoia and chaotic or disordered cognitive behaviors. Those diagnosed with schizophrenia may withdraw from their friends, family, work and...
Social Security Disability Mental Health Conditions
Social Security Disability Mental Health Conditions
Tips On How To Receive Social Security Disability Benefits Due To Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
The onset of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs after a traumatic event or protracted exposure to severe stress. While many individuals diagnosed with PTSD suffered from childhood trauma, such as sexual or physical abuse, there are also cases of...
Tips On How To Receive Social Security Disability Benefits Due To Anxiety And Panic Disorders
Panic attacks are very real and can be debilitating. A panic attack is an episode of terror, irrational fear or extreme distress. The attacks are sudden, intense, uncontrollable, terrifying and even physically painful at the time, and afterward leaving the person...
Tips On How To Receive Social Security Disability Benefits Due To Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder that is typically diagnosed in children, although more adults are now receiving this diagnosis. People with ADHD are often diagnosed with other disorders as well, including Oppositional...
Tips On How To Receive Social Security Disability Benefits For Bipolar Disorder
To receive Social Security disability benefits, you need to show proof of more than just a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. You need to present evidence that your bipolar disorder is so severe that you are unable to work on a full time basis. Here are some tips to keep...
Social Security Disability Benefits for Anxiety Disorders and Panic Attacks
Anxiety Disorders Individuals can receive Social Security disability benefits if they can prove an inability to perform what SSA calls "substantial gainful employment." Being "disabled" usually provokes images of physical impairments, such as back injuries or heart...
Social Secuirity Disability- Listing of Impairments
Social Security's Listing of Impairments describes, for each major body system, impairments considered severe enough to prevent an individual from doing any gainful activity (or in the case of children under age 18 applying for SSI, severe enough to cause marked and...
Qualifying for Social Security and SSI Disability Benefits: Part V- The Role That Mental Health Symptoms Play In Your Claim for Disability Benefits
This is the 5th article in a series designed to explain the Social Security and SSI disability application process and to provide helpful information to individuals applying for those benefits. An application for benefits should be filed as soon as the person...
Qualifying for Social Security and SSI Disability Benefits: Part III- Improving Your Disability Application
This is the third article in a series designed to explain the Social Security and SSI disability application process and to provide helpful information to individuals applying for those benefits. To review briefly, Social Security and SSI disability benefits are...
Social Security and SSI Disability Podcast of The Disability and Injury Law Offices of David R. Machek
Listen to the "Social Security Disability Benefits" podcast by David R. Machek, Esq., Disability and Law Offices of David R. Machek: ...