Welfare Reform, Substance Use, and Mental Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23344362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rukmalie Jayakody (Pennsylvania State University), Sheldon Danziger (0000-0002-7152-9273, University of Michigan), Harold Pollack (0000-0003-1629-1175, University of Michigan) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 623-652 |
| Publication date | 2000-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-6878 • E-ISSN: 1527-1927 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/03616878-25-4-623 |
| PMID | 10979515 |
| OpenAlex | W2146260847 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 80 |
| References cited | 39 |
Reform has transformed traditional entitlement to cash welfare under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) into a transitional program known as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Because of the new work requirements and the time-limited nature of assistance, policy makers are increasingly confronted with what to do when welfare recipients do not effectively make the transition from welfare to work. Increasingly, the language of public health is being used to determine who is“employable” and who is not. Thus renewed attention is being focused on the individual characteristics of participants themselves,particularly specific diagnoses that might reduce employability. This article focuses on substance abuse and mental health problems among single mothers and examines their relationship to welfare receipt. We analyze data from the 1994 and 1995 National House-hold Survey of Drug Abuse (NHSDA) and find that 19 percent of welfare recipients meet the criteria for a DSM-III-R(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition revised) psychiatric diagnosis. About the same percentage have used illicit drugs during the previous year. Logistic regression results indicate that mental and behavioral health problems that are significant barriers to self-sufficiency are increasingly important in this era of time-limited benefits.
Aid to Families with Dependent Children · Business · Cash · Criminology · Demographic economics · Economics · Employability · Entitlement (fair division) · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Public economics · Receipt · Substance abuse · Truancy · Welfare · Welfare reform · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Welfare Status and Child Care as Obstacles to Full-Time Work for Low-Income Mothers
Mental health treatment and work among African American and Caribbean Black welfare recipients
"Serving the "Hard-to-Serve
The Lived Experience of Welfare Reform in Drug-Using Welfare-Needy Households in Inner-City New York
From Self-Sufficiency to Personal and Family Sustainability
Does Belief Matter? Social Psychological Characteristics and the Likelihood of Welfare Use and Exit
What do we really know about welfare reform
Human Capital, Physical Health, and Mental Health of Welfare Recipients
Do drug treatment services predict reunification outcomes of mothers and their children in child welfare?
Race, Adolescent Socioeconomic Status, and Lifetime Non-Medical Use of Prescription Painkillers
Mental Illness as a Risk Factor for Uninsurance Among Mothers of Infants
Pathways of Disadvantage
Are Negative Community Attitudes Toward Welfare Recipients Associated With Unemployment? Evidence From an Australian Cross-Sectional Sample and Longitudinal Cohort
Social Welfare Policy and the Psychological Needs of Low Income Women
The Effects of Depressive Symptoms on Work Activities and Welfare Exit of Welfare Recipients in Korea1
Welfare Receipt Trajectories of African-American Women Followed for 30 Years
Drug use
The Long Arc of Recovery
Explaining adult homelessness in the US by stratification or situation
Age‐Specific Associations Between Violence Exposure and Past 30‐Day Marijuana and Alcohol Use
The Epistemological Challenges of Social Work Intervention Research
Relationship Constellations and Dynamics of Low-Income Rural Mothers
Proximity to service providers and service utilization among welfare recipients
Child protective intervention in the context of welfare reform
The Effect of Public Insurance Expansions on Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Mental Health Need and Substance Abuse Problem Risk
Drug testing welfare recipients—false positives, false negatives, unanticipated opportunities
Welfare Participation in Childhood as a Predictor of Cigarette Use in Adulthood in the United States
Program and Economic Outcomes by Tanf Work Exemption Status
Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health in Rural Areas
Hustling and Housing
How Family Caps Work
How Do Drug Use and Social Relations Affect Welfare Participation
Depression and Alcohol Dependence among Poor Women
Temporary Employment and the Transition from Welfare to Work
Barriers to Identifying Substance Abuse in the Reformed Welfare System
Termination of Supplemental Security Income Benefits for Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
The Psychology of Poverty
Food Hardship and Child Behavior Problems among Low‐Income Children
Substance Use among Welfare Recipients
Conflicts and Trade‐Offs due to Alcohol and Drugs
Welfare and Work Outcomes after Substance Abuse Treatment
Social workers’ experiences of integrated case management for low-income individuals with mental illness in South Korea
Higher unemployment benefits are associated with reduced drug overdose mortality in the United States before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Drug testing and mandatory treatment for welfare recipients
The welfare reforms of the 1990s and the stratification of material well-being among low-income households with children
Childhood abuse and psychiatric impairment in a sample of welfare to work women
Facilitating mental health service use for caregivers
Six-Month Follow-Up Changes for Tanf-Eligible Clients Involved in Kentucky's Targeted Assessment Program
Gender-Specific Barriers to Self-Sufficiency Among Former Supplemental Security Income Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Beneficiaries
Government social assistance programmes are failing to protect the health of low-income populations
Mental health selection and income support dynamics
An Analysis of the Criminogenic Effects of Terminating the Supplemental Security Income Impairment Category for Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
From Enabling to Bootstrapping
The Violent Matrix
The Significance of Employment for Chronic Stress and Psychological Distress among Rural Single Mothers
Depression and welfare reform
The relationship among psychological distress, employment, and drug use over time in a sample of female welfare recipients
Relationships Between Welfare Status, Health Insurance Status, and Health and Medical Care Among Children With Asthma
Welfare Receipt and Substance-Abuse Treatment Among Low-Income Mothers
Impoverished Women With Children and No Welfare Benefits
Housing Instability Among Current and Former Welfare Recipients
The Economic Payoff to Investing in Educational Justice
Dealers, Thieves, and the Common Determinants of Drug and Nondrug Illegal Earnings
Substance Abuse Treatment Duration for Medicaid Versus Commercial Clients in a Health Maintenance Organization
Is social assistance boosting the health of the poor? Results from Ontario and three countries
Access to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services among Women Receiving Welfare in Detroit
What is Wrong with Testing Welfare Recipients for Drug Use
The Geography of Need
Depression and economic self-sufficiency among inner-city minority mothers
Addiction and Welfare Dependency
Heavy Alcohol Use, Alcohol and Drug Screening and their Relationship to Mothers' Welfare Participation
Governing Poverty
Welfare Reform
Health-related effects of welfare-to-work policies
Food insufficiency and women's mental health
Linking Housing, Social Services and Family Well-Being
Addressing Substance Abuse Among Tanf Recipients
Facilitating the Welfare-to-Work Transition for Women with a Mental Health Work Barrier
Tanf Recipients' Barriers to Employability
Poor Support
When Work Disappears
The new politics of poverty
Street-Level Bureaucracy
Reliability and validity studies of the WHO-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)
Depression and the Dynamics of Smoking
Poverty and Psychiatric Status
Social Insecurity
The Medicaid Notch, Labor Supply, and Welfare Participation
Slipping into and out of Poverty
Against Excess
Supports, stressors, and depressive symptoms in low-income mothers of young children
A Theory of Rational Addiction
A Disaggregation of the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Psychological Distress
Women's smoking and family health
When Work Disappears
The New Politics of Poverty
Does Neighborhood and Family Poverty Affect Mothers' Parenting, Mental Health, and Social Support
Socioeconomic Status and Psychiatric Disorder among Blacks and Whites
Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Psychological Distress
A New Perspective on the Relationships Among Race, Social Class, and Psychological Distress
Health Effects of Economic Instability
Life events and psychological well-being
| Unique citing works | 80 |
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| Citations per year | 3,08 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 72 |