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Mental disorders and disabilities among low-income children /

Children living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe. Of the approximately 1.3 million children who were recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits in 2013, about 50% were disabled primarily due to a me...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Boat, Thomas F. (Editor ), Wu, Joel T. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Background and context of the Supplemental Security Income disability benefit program for children. Introduction
  • The SSI program for children
  • National-level trends in the SSI program for children with mental disorders, 2004-2013
  • State variation in the SSI program for children
  • Poverty and childhood disability
  • Part II: Clinical characteristics of selected mental disorders. Clinical characteristics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Clinical characteristics of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder
  • Clinical characteristics of autism spectrum disorder
  • Clinical characteristics of intellectual disabilities
  • Clinical characteristics of learning disabilities
  • Clinical characteristics of mood disorders
  • Part III: Prevalence of selected mental disorders. Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Prevalence of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder
  • Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder
  • Prevalence of intellectual disabilities
  • Prevalence of learning disabilities
  • Prevalence of mood disorders
  • Part IV: Medicaid Analytic eXtract study
  • Medicaid Analytic eXtract study
  • Appendix A: Deeming eligibility chart for children
  • Appendix B: SSA childhood mental disorders listing of impairments
  • Appendix C: The listing of impairments : overview
  • Appendix D: Surveys and surveillance systems that collect data on mental disorders among children
  • Appendix E: Initial allowance, initial determination, allowance rate, and recipient data for major mental disorders
  • Appendix F: Medicaid Analytic eXtract methods
  • Appendix G: Medicaid Analytic eXtract results.