Mental Disorders in Social Security Disability Practice

Disability claims involving mental impairments are among the most difficult cases representatives face. Mental Disorders in Social Security Disability Practice gives you the tools you need to handle them successfully. This book is packed with tips, strategies, forms, checklists, case studies, and sample hearing questions for claimants and medical and vocational experts.

Attorneys Maryjean Ellis and Manuel Serpa and psychologist Dr. Glenn A. Elmer Griffin cover the topics that are vital to a successful claim:

• Identifying when a client may have a mental health impairment and confirming the impairment when the client does not have a detailed treatment history. §§2:20-2:26.
• Working effectively with boundary-pushing clients who are infatuated, dependent, angry, delusional, potentially violent, or suicidal. §§3:50-3:102.
• Managing cases of claimants with psychosis, dementia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, intellectual disorders, personality disorders, and more.§4:10-4:51.
• Obtaining medical and non-medical evidence that supports an argument for disability. §§5:30-5:62.
• Conquering obstacles like an uncooperative treating source, unsupportive documents, a non-compliant client, or a client with drug or alcohol problems. §§5:120-5:181.
• Indispensable and common psychological tests and psychological tests recommended for specific client scenarios. §§6:120-6:137.
• Practical tips on how to handle a suspected malingering client. §7:144.
• Medications used in treating specific mental disorders and their effects. §§9:30-9:115.
• The psychological listings criteria that present the most difficulty for representatives with case studies to help you recognize the signs and symptoms of each disorder. §§10:20-10:174.
• Overcomming barriers to eliciting compelling client testimony and calming common fears, such as embarrassment, anxiety and panic, pain-related depression, memory impairment, and more. Sample dialogues with clients illustrate approaches to these situations.§13:10-13:24.
• Anticipating problems during the hearing such as the angry or threatening client, the seriously ill client who has a good day, the verbose client, the client with severe memory problems, and other situations.§13:30-13:37.
• Sample hearing questions for the client on symptoms, treatment, limitations, living circumstances, and daily activities. §§14:40-14:121.
• Techniques for cross-examining an ME who is biased, non-responsive, relies on a flawed CE, ignores or mischaracterizes evidence, or has an improperly high threshold for a disabling condition. §§16:130-16:140.
• Techniques for challenging VE testimony on jobs the claimant can perform, existence of jobs in specific numbers, misuse of statistics, discrepancies with the DOT, and transferability of skills. §§17:90-17:97.
• And much more.

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