Disability with major depression

[soul_poet6]

Can a person really be qualified for disability for having diagnosed major depression?

[Dolphin14]

Not sure where you live. But, in the US it can. Of course you will need a lot of MD paperwork backing up the facts. Mental illness can be considered a disability in some cases.

[Wiganladlovesapie]

Hi. I’m Andy.

This is the U.K

Hope this helps my friend.

Major depression has been included in the Social Security listings as an affective disorder, which means that if your illness has been diagnosed by a qualified medical practitioner and is severe enough to keep you from working, you have an excellent chance of receiving benefits.

[Hidden]

It depends on the actual condition and how the depression is affecting your every day life.

In the UK Mental Health would prefer you keep going to work, yes if a condition is bad enough you may be put on Sick

Remember however it is important you keep your brain distracted, work will help you do that however if the problem is work orientated you may get time of long enough so they can assess your Mental Health. You will be expected to learn how to confront your fears and associated Depression. The will calm you with medication

If you are Voluntary Sectioned, or Sectioned by Mental Health, the severity of your condition. I still understand you can be sent back to work.

BOB

[Thetealharp in reply to Hidden]

for PIP, You don't have to be out of work in the UK, they do have a threshold. The form is written towards stereotypical physical disabilities so you just have to take the question as apply it to your life, also have to write it based on your worst/bad day, for vairble conditions that's what they want to know. In the actual assessment they ended up just saying day the worst day, because that what they need to jnow, form needs to be the worst day b because you can't talk to them about it. It's also because you will naturally under-exaduate as talking about what you find hard, which is the whole form, is horrible.

There is something called a capacity to work assessment which assess whether you should go to work and they help you prepare, have a limited capacity to work, or can't work I can't speak if how it works because I haven't yet gone through it.

As far as when your sectioned it will depend what kinda place your at, if your on a community treatment order (CTO) then you could work, if your preparing to leave an assessment treatment unit (ATU) then you also may work. Otherwise if you are on an ATU or PICU (psychiatric intensive care unit) you are unlikely to go to work. If your at a residential unit like a low, medium, high secure then they may have a work scheme depending on how unwell your are. If your on an open ward or day hospital it probably just depends on the programme and why your in, but it's unlikely that you would also be working. If your on an ED (eating disorder) unit I would be surprised if you would be working.

[Hidden in reply to Thetealharp]

Good Luck with that, however remember you may come a time where they will check you out, on top of that your GP has to agree in the first instance that you are unable to work.

In my early days, with Depression I was allowed several weeks, one month at the beginning however remember the greatest importance is to get you back to work.

Whatever form you quote you will need to understand your Employer will consider moving you on as you are unable to work. Even if you do not have a job, your GP will need to consider the correct pathway and can arrange a course of CBT, where you will need to approach your condition and move on, Just because you are going through this and addressing your concerns will not stop the fact you will be taken of sick. You also need to understand eventually you may have problems getting a new position and also you may need to take on a retraining position under the direction of the Job Centre.

Personally I wish you well, however allow yourself to be installed into further training and the problem of Employment Office to consider you are making yourself unemployable. The walls you will need to step-over can be high and troubling.

They can at any time come to see you after discussing your health concerns with GP and possibly Social Team and your Mental Health Specialists. This can lead you down a very negative pathway as you may need to appeal their decisions. Like any other illness.

BOB

[Thetealharp in reply to Hidden]

I'm not currently employed and have never been employed, I just know the system very well. It was more information than a question.

I do currently receive high on both parts of PIP for all my different disabilities, from physical, development and the mental health element is just a small part of my profile.

To apply for PIP you don't need a doctor's note although that would class as supporting evidence.

I'm already under social services the disability team and with that absent EHCP are working out what will be possible for me as far as living independently.

[Hidden in reply to Thetealharp]

Whatever, good luck

[Thetealharp in reply to Hidden]

Sorry if I have miss understood

[Hidden]

Yes, you can, but in the US, the documentation requirements are difficult to meet. If you are impaired severely enough that this is being considered, you're going to need help: case workers, social workers, legal advocate, etc. to get through the gauntlet. There's little chance that you (and your family/friends if anyone else is involved) could succeed without this kind of assistance.