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Trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill
BACKGROUND: Mentally retarded and chronic mentally ill are being certified using IQ Assessment and Indian Disability Evaluation and Assessment Scale (IDEAS). They have been granted various benefits including monthly pension, from Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of India. The monthly pension a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556439 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.94648 |
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author | Kashyap, Kartik Thunga, Ravish Rao, Arun K. Balamurali, N. P. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Mentally retarded and chronic mentally ill are being certified using IQ Assessment and Indian Disability Evaluation and Assessment Scale (IDEAS). They have been granted various benefits including monthly pension, from Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of India. The monthly pension appears to be the strongest reason for seeking certification and applying for government benefits. The caregivers appear to have only partial information and awareness about the remaining schemes. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to assess the severity of disability in the mentally retarded and mentally ill who are certified for disability benefits, as well as to assess the trends of utilization of disability benefits over a 3 year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective, file review based study of certificates of patients certified for mental disability in the period of January 2006 to December 2008. Certificates of a total of 1794 mentally retarded and 285 mentally ill were reviewed. The data regarding utilization of disability benefits was assessed. RESULTS: Patients from rural areas did not avail any benefits other than the disability pension. Among Mentally Ill, Schizophrenia accounted for highest certifications. Males had higher disability compared to females, and Dementia showed highest disability as per IDEAS. CONCLUSION: Though initial hurdles due to disability measurement have been crossed, disability benefits are still elusive to the vast majority of the disabled. Proper awareness and education will help in reducing the stigma and in the effective utilization of benefits. |
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spelling | pubmed-33392212012-05-03 Trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill Kashyap, Kartik Thunga, Ravish Rao, Arun K. Balamurali, N. P. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article BACKGROUND: Mentally retarded and chronic mentally ill are being certified using IQ Assessment and Indian Disability Evaluation and Assessment Scale (IDEAS). They have been granted various benefits including monthly pension, from Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of India. The monthly pension appears to be the strongest reason for seeking certification and applying for government benefits. The caregivers appear to have only partial information and awareness about the remaining schemes. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to assess the severity of disability in the mentally retarded and mentally ill who are certified for disability benefits, as well as to assess the trends of utilization of disability benefits over a 3 year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective, file review based study of certificates of patients certified for mental disability in the period of January 2006 to December 2008. Certificates of a total of 1794 mentally retarded and 285 mentally ill were reviewed. The data regarding utilization of disability benefits was assessed. RESULTS: Patients from rural areas did not avail any benefits other than the disability pension. Among Mentally Ill, Schizophrenia accounted for highest certifications. Males had higher disability compared to females, and Dementia showed highest disability as per IDEAS. CONCLUSION: Though initial hurdles due to disability measurement have been crossed, disability benefits are still elusive to the vast majority of the disabled. Proper awareness and education will help in reducing the stigma and in the effective utilization of benefits. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3339221/ /pubmed/22556439 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.94648 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kashyap, Kartik Thunga, Ravish Rao, Arun K. Balamurali, N. P. Trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill |
title | Trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill |
title_full | Trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill |
title_fullStr | Trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill |
title_full_unstemmed | Trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill |
title_short | Trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill |
title_sort | trends of utilization of government disability benefits among chronic mentally ill |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556439 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.94648 |
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