Do people fake mental disability for benefits?

People do not realize how hard it is now , to receive Social Security Disability benefits . Not to say in the past , maybe a few people tried to fake this. In order to qualify for benefits , there has to be a lengthy and continuous paper trail of medical professionals . (Usually , for years ) . read more

There are no specific mental health symptoms that guarantee a disability approval based upon a mental impairment. Social Security views mental impairments in much the same way as they do physical impairments, meaning that Social Security focuses on an individual ’'s functional capacity to work in spite of his or her limitations, rather than his or her specific impairments or diagnoses. read more