The journal of mental health policy and economics
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J Ment Health Policy Econ · Jun 2012
Poverty and severe psychiatric disorder in the U.S.: evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
Previous studies have shown that persons with severe psychiatric disorders are more likely to be poor and face disparities in education and employment outcomes. Poverty rates, the standard measure of poverty, give no information on how far below the poverty line this group falls. ⋯ The results point to the need for additional research in a number of areas: trends in poverty for households with severe psychiatric disorders over time; mobility and persistence of poverty for this group; and the association of severe disorder to other, non-monetary dimensions of poverty, such as a lack of social integration.