Rise in disability benefits for children with mental disorders consistent with population trends
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
The percentage of poor children who received federal disability benefits for at least one of 10 major mental disorders increased from 1.88 percent in 2004 to 2.09 percent in 2013, and such growth is consistent with and proportionate to trends in the prevalence of diagnosed mental disorders among children in the general US population, says a new report.