Conrad K J, Matters M D, Hanrahan P, Luchins D J, Savage C, Daugherty B
Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA.
Psychiatr Serv. 1998 Sep;49(9):1223-5. doi: 10.1176/ps.49.9.1223.
This study compared the characteristics of 56 clients with severe mental illness in a community mental health agency's representative payeeship program with those of 54 clients who did not participate in the program. Based on data from a two-year period, participants in the representative payee program were characterized by disability or financial distress, indicated by a diagnosis of schizophrenia, homelessness, lack of rent money, and lack of financial skills; long-term dependence on income from Social Security and services provided by the mental health system, evidenced by receipt of Supplemental Security Income and frequent hospitalizations; and lack of financial independence, as reflected by inability to earn income from employment and lack of financial support from family.
本研究比较了社区心理健康机构代表收款人计划中56名重度精神疾病患者与54名未参与该计划患者的特征。基于两年期间的数据，代表收款人计划的参与者具有以下特点：因患有精神分裂症、无家可归、缺乏房租钱以及缺乏理财技能而出现残疾或经济困境；长期依赖社会保障收入和心理健康系统提供的服务，领取补充保障收入和频繁住院即为证明；缺乏经济独立性，表现为无法通过就业赚取收入且缺乏家庭经济支持。
