Only Making Things Worse
A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Wrongly Removing Disability Benefits from People with Mental Illness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8907948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy Shefer (0000-0002-3039-2557, King's College London, corresponding author), Claire Henderson (0000-0002-6998-5659, King's College London), Mary Frost-Gaskin, Richard Pacitti |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 834-841 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-3853 • E-ISSN: 1573-2789 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10597-016-0012-8 |
| PMID | 27193297 |
| OpenAlex | W2403403639 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 11 |
Many countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have seen a considerable increase in the number of disability benefits recipients (DBRs), in addition to an increase in the proportion of people with mental illness. As in other countries, changes to the welfare benefits system in England were made in order to reduce the number of DBRs. Many people lost their benefit payments, although a considerable number had them reinstated after appeal. Our aim was to investigate the impact of the process on DBRs whose disability was related to mental health and who won their appeal. Seventeen DBRs were interviewed. The participants reported three main types of impact. Beyond the practical reduction of income and the related anxiety, interviewees reported considerable stress when coping with the 'never-ending' cycle of bureaucracy. They also expressed anger, frustration and demoralisation at mistrust on the part of the authorities partly due to the 'invisibility' of their disability
Anger · Anxiety · Appeal · Coping (psychology · Disability benefits · Mental health · Mental illness · Political science · Psychiatry · Welfare · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |