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Psychiatric Disability Evaluations by Psychiatrists
POSITION STATEMENTS
Approved by the Board of Trustees, July 2007
Approved by the Assembly of District Branches, November 2007
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Psychiatric disorders impair social and occupational functioning. Attention to disabilities must be included in a comprehensive plan of psychiatric care for adults, children and adolescents. When a disability application is completed as part of a disability adjudication process, this is often most effectively and efficiently done by a psychiatric physician. Disability evaluations by psychiatrists must be reimbursed at appropriate rates so as not to discriminate or discourage them.