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NEW MENTAL LISTINGS<\/h1>\n
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Effective: January 17, 2017<\/h3>\n

After a revision of the\u00a0Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)<\/em>, and thousands of\u00a0public comments later, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has published significant revisions to its mental impairment listings.\u00a0 SSA had issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in August 2010, proposing what at the time appeared to be major changes to the listings. \u00a0As with most SSA revisions, there is good with the bad.\u00a0 SSA has added a new listing pertaining to Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD), but has eliminated Listing 12.05C, which encompasses low IQ scores combined with another \u201csignificant\u201d impairment. SSA has recognized that Licensed Clinical Social Workers frequently serve as therapists, renaming both as \u201cclinical mental health counselors,\u201d but are still not acceptable medical sources.\u00a0 It also added social workers, shelter staff, and other community support and outreach workers to the list of examples of non-medical sources of evidence.<\/p>\n

It has acknowledged some of (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW MENTAL LISTINGS Effective: January 17, 2017 After a revision of the\u00a0Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), and thousands of\u00a0public comments later, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has published significant revisions to its mental impairment listings.\u00a0 SSA had issued a Notice…<\/span><\/p>\n