is my friend with psychosis eligible for welfare?

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hey my friend has psychosis thats activated by his bipolar mania. hes on like 5 different medications, and countless times in the past has he tripped out and has been arrested by police and put in psychiatric hospitals.  hes an incredible guy when hes sane and i dont want him to suffer. i was just wondering if, possibly, he will be eligible for welfare for when he becomes an adult (hes 17 now). his parents have given up hope on him and plan on abandoning him when he is legally able to help himself.  whatever ur comments may be, please dont leave any hate comments about telling him to get a job or soemthing because it's very hard for him to keep a job he has a voice talk to him during walk and the voice always tells him to cut himself and stuff. i need an answer

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He should be able to get on disability and medicaid.  He needs to go to dept. of health and human services, he needs to be quite forthright about his symptoms, all of them, even the voice, he will need help obtaining his medical records, doctor shoul be of some help also.  They will probably help him with housing too.  I wish him luck, you are a good friend.

Anonymous · Answer

Mental disabilities are harder to prove than medical disabilites, and not taken as seriously as they should be by welfare.  But he might certainly qualify for social security or some other benefit.  If he is denied eligibility, he could hire a good lawyer to appeal.  I'm no expert, but I see commercials all the time from law firms who specialize exclusively in social security benefits for people with mental illness.  I'm not sure if there is a work history requirement or not to be eligible, but I'm sure a welfare rep. or lawyer could answer those questions for him.

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