MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM AND WELFARE DEPENDENTS--HOW STRON

描述（申请人摘要）：本提案将分析心理 低收入单身母亲，特别是妇女的健康问题 享受现金福利。 虽然教育和就业技能 福利领取者的赤字被认为是重要的障碍， 阻碍他们自给自足，心理健康问题可能 在阻止妇女从福利过渡到工作方面的作用主要是 忽视 使用1994年全国药物滥用家庭调查的数据 （NHSDA），该提案审查了精神健康问题的流行情况 在AFDC人群中，治疗服务利用的程度，以及 心理健康问题、福利待遇和 就业 接受心理健康问题治疗的影响 对这些关系的影响也将被研究。 识别 心理健康问题的流行率，并了解 在心理健康、福利领取和就业中， 建立某些AFDC接受者可能需要的服务的步骤， 成功地从福利过渡到工作。 这项研究的结果 直接关系到当前的公共政策努力， 自给自足

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): This proposal will analyze mental health problems among low-income single mothers, particularly women receiving cash welfare benefits. While educational and employment skill deficits among welfare recipients have been recognized as important barriers hindering their self-sufficiency, the role that mental health problems may play in preventing women's transition from welfare to work has been mostly ignored. Using data from the 1994 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse (NHSDA), this proposal examines the prevalence of mental health problems among the AFDC population, the extent of treatment services utilization, and the relationships between mental health problems, welfare receipt and employment. The impact that receiving treatment for a mental health problem has on these relationships will also be examined. Identifying the prevalence of mental health problems, and understanding the relationships among mental health, welfare receipt and employment, are necessary first steps in establishing the services that some AFDC recipients may require to successfully transition from welfare to work. Findings from this research are directly relevant to current public policy efforts focusing on women's self-sufficiency.