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Representative Payeeship and Mental Illness: A Review

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Representative Payeeship (RP) is intended to help individuals who are unable to manage disability payments appropriately to meet their basic living needs. This paper reviews the literature on whether RP is effective among individuals with mental disorders. We also review RP's mental health effects and its use as leverage in achieving behavioral goals. RP appears to be effective in helping clients meet their basic living needs; it also may decrease hospitalization and improve treatment compliance. Finally, we propose a research design to disentangle the role of clinical leverage from the more basic money-management function of RP.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, MC 3077, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL, 60637

    Daniel J. Luchins

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Center for Public Mental Health Services and Policy Research, The University of Chicago, USA

    David L. Roberts

  3. Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, USA

    Patricia Hanrahan

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Luchins, D.J., Roberts, D.L. & Hanrahan, P. Representative Payeeship and Mental Illness: A Review. Adm Policy Ment Health 30, 341–353 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024089317630

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