1; Well divorce courts award alimony to homemakers that have never worked outside the home. I guess you need to go straighten out divorce judges.
2; The Social Security Administration is a department of the Federal Government. It defines working as working as “engaging in substantial gainful activity.” For example for bipolar disorder The SSA must conclude the disability must be severe enough to significantly limit one’s ability to perform basic work activities needed to do most jobs. For example:
Walking, standing, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, carrying or handling
Seeing, hearing and speaking
Understanding/carrying out and remembering simple instructions
Responding appropriately to supervision, co-workers and usual work situations
Dealing with changes in a routine work setting
Nowhere do I see where it states the client has to be “emotionally labile, he cannot interact with other people, and he is so emotionally impaired that he has either no energy whatsoever, or that he is periodically psychotic, and or over stimulated!”
For example for Bi-polar Disorder the criteria the SSA lists is;
Bipolar is listed under mental disorders. To satisfy the listing criteria for bipolar disorder, a number of variables are considered:
Anhedonia
Appetite disturbance
Sleep disturbance
Psychomotor agitation or retardation
Decreased energy
Feelings of guilt or worthlessness
Difficulty concentrating or thinking
Thoughts of suicide and hallucinations
Delusions or paranoid thinking
In assessing bipolar disability relative to a listing level impairment, the following areas of functioning are evaluated:
Restrictions of activities of daily living
Maintaining social functioning
Deficiencies of concentration
Persistence or pace
Repeated episodes of decompensation--each of extended duration
An individual who has four symptoms present from the depressive syndrome list, as well as extreme limitation in two of the four functional areas, would probably be eligible for benefits.
As a licensed medical professional you know that Bi-polar Disorder is characterized by periods of high energy “mania” and periods of depression with fluctuations in energy, activity levels and the ability to complete everyday tasks. Yet many brilliant people make contributions to society everyday even though they meet the above criteria.
Again nowhere do I see where it states the client has to be “emotionally labile, he cannot interact with other people, and he is so emotionally impaired that he has either no energy whatsoever, or that he is periodically psychotic, and or over stimulated!” nor does the SSA consider the liklihood of violence which would be expected if it was a criteria.
3. Since the Social Security Administration is a Federal Agency are you assigning them the same power as a Court of Law?
4. Are you saying that if a ALJ and members of the Appeal Panels approve benefits for the client then they have “ajudicated" him for the purposes of BATF Form 4473 and he is forever banned from owning firearms?
5. You did not address my questions about whether you report them if they disagree with your treatment and seek treatment with another doctor and do you bring charges against another doctor with the medical licensing board in your state whose opinion and treatment is different than yours?
6. Contrary to the impression you are trying to create with a largely uninformed audience Psychiatry is far from an exact science and I could make many comments about ability of mental health professionals.
