A Method for Estimating the Chronic Mentally Ill Population in State and Local Areas

John W. Ashbaugh and Ronald W. ManderscheidAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 36, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.4.389

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A practical method for estimating the size oftbe noninstitutionalized chronic mentally ill population in state and local areas, including those not currently receiving services, has been developed. The method relies on national and state counts by zip code area of persons receivingSupplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) becauseof mental illness, and on full or sample counts by SSI and SSDI status of chronic mentally ill persons in publicly funded community mental health programs.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 36 • Number 4 • April 1985

Pages: 389 - 393

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Published in print: April 1985

Published online: 1 April 2006

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John W. Ashbaugh

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Ronald W. Manderscheid

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Human Services Research Institute in Boston

The Survey and Reports Branch of the Division of Biometry and Epidemiology of the National Institute of Mental Health

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A Method for Estimating the Chronic Mentally Ill Population in State and Local Areas

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