Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1221-1224
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Supplemental Security Income and the sick role
HR Lamb and AS Rogawski
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) has given the psychiatrically disabled a
dependable source of income and helped make it possible for them to live
outside state hospitals. The change to SSI has had an important effect on
delabeling and decreasing the stigma of receiving Aid to the Disabled.
However, the secondary gain inherent in SSI may interfere with social and
vocational rehabilitation efforts. The authors present recommendations
aimed at making the SSI system more conducive to social integration and
rehabilitation.
