Friends mom out of work on disability???

Her physician must have determined that she is depressed and unable to work as a result of the stress caused depression. And, she must have disability insurance of some sort--either short term through her employer, or long term. It is vaguely possible that she is collecting social security disability, but that is very unlikely for a mental disability.

The 3 most difficult thing to diagnose , as far as pain and disability are concerned, are back, arthritis and mental.

For the casual observer it is almost impossible to tell if they have a genuine problem or they

are milking it.

Also, depression is being recognized more and more as an illness, not necessarily a mental illness. ,

Whoever is paying the disability benefits has the option of having their physician examine the patient as often as they reasonable require. Also, they do require ongoing documenetation from her doctor to be sure disability is continuing.

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