Mental conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder often qualify as disabilities. They can easily keep someone from being able to work, but that person still needs financial support -- perhaps even more than someone without such a disorder. However, many people...
When you suffer from any kind of condition that affects your mental health, it isn't uncommon to struggle with your executive functions. You may find it very difficult to maintain your focus on the tasks in front of you, organize yourself, learn new things or adapt to...
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can affect almost anybody who has suffered through a significant, traumatic or life-threatening event. Whether you're the direct victim of physical abuse or a first-responder who has witnessed some horrific accidents, you may...
One of the cruelest remarks made about the Social Security Disability (SSDI) program in recent history was a senator's comment that "over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts."Statements like that do a great deal of harm to the public...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a pervasive mental disorder that can disrupt a victim's entire life. Beset by obsessions, or thoughts that cause anxiety, and compulsions, or repetitive behaviors that are responses to those obsessive thoughts, sufferers may be...
Many people in the Houston area are diagnosed with what doctors call mild cognitive impairment, or MCI. MCI can in fact be the precursor to Alzheimer's Disease, a progressive and ultimately fatal neurological condition that causes profound memory loss and other...
Many people have probably heard of bipolar disorder and may even know one or more people who have been diagnosed with this condition. However, many people may not fully understand the symptoms of this mental condition, which can be debilitating. Someone who has this...
At one time referred to as mental retardation, about one out of 100 people have what the mental health community refers to as an intellectual disability. Of these one out of 100, the vast majority of them, about 85 percent, have what would be referred to as a mild...
Social Security disability benefits can help disabled individuals with their daily needs and expenses. Social Security disability (SSD) benefits can assist disabled individuals who are unable to work because they suffer from a qualifying medical condition severe...
Social Security disability benefits may not only be available because of physical injuries but also because of a disabling mental condition. To qualify for Social Security disability (SSD), however, the disabled individual must demonstrate that the mental condition...