Does it seem weird that westernised governments give their citizens money to meet their needs. I know here in the UK people can live very comfortably of disability benefits, sometimes £1000 a month plus housing benefit on top.
What support do you get of you government if you have a mental illness? Is the community more helpful and if you become ill they help more? What happens to you if you have no support to help you. Do you end up on the street?
Its me far cry we dont have disability money…i live in fathers money my mom is a cook…thats it …our country nepal doesnt respect mentally ill people…
Yes in south Africa you will end up in a government hospital filled with crackheads.
The disability here is 90 dollars a month.
the reason you see that kind of thing in the west is because the west is highly developed, relative to most of the rest of the world. it does happen outside the west too, though, I know its similar in japan, which again, is because japan is highly developed. developing countries and undeveloped countries tend to have not much help for the mentally ill and if you’re very ill, well, youre just kind of screwed in those places in a lot of cases
In the USA it’s up to $2500 / month
What about Portugal how much do u get …u can pm me @Moonwalker …
hmm…there should be some kind of support in every country. doesn’t have to be money, but maymbe some kind of therapy or something. In the U.S its based on your work history I think…such as firefighters and policemen on disability get thousands a month while lower barely get 1 or less a month.
What’s the lowest amount you can get for disability? If you’re single and not working.
Is it before or after tax?
Honestly In my country, patients that are mentally ill don’t get anything. If you are fortunate that your parents can’t support you then you are one of the lucky ones, if not then you are screwed. We are underdeveloped and have a serious lack of awareness when it comes to mental illness. People in developed countries are very fortunate
$735 per month, tax exempt (SSI)
It’s usually A LOT lower. Most people who get SZ get it when they are young and thus only qualify for SSI. Those of us who are lucky enough to get SSD only get a low amount. The 2500 is mostly for retired people who have worked their whole life. Even then, they generally don’t get that much unless they have made a lot during their careers.
I don’t qualify for SSI because I work, but even the minimum wage jobs I have earn me more money than I would ever get from SSI. What SSI does is it gives people on it a chance to get a government subsidized apartment of their own, and gives them medical care, and food stamps. I can’t afford my own apartment yet with my jobs, so I still live at my parents’ house, and I’m still on their health insurance for 3 more years, and then I will lose coverage if I can’t pay for my own health insurance. They kind of make it harder if you do work, for some reason.
I just got Medicare A. Woohoo
If they dont give me money i refuse to take pills.
I get the lowest you can get in the US which is $700/month.
Wow that’s nice. In my country we don’t get anything
About £1258 a month which includes about £383 to cover rent. When the government eventually return the severe disability premium to those of us on Universal credit,as they’ve promised to do, it’ll be another £260 or more .
In Belgium it depends on the amount of your last Paycheck and whether you’re living alone or together. When I was living alone I got around 1900€/month and when living together around 1400€/month. But most people get less as I had a high salary prior to my illness.
In Romania I think there are 200 bucks
In Greece it’s 300€. Too low