How to get Social Security disability for mental disorders

Psychologist Dr. Todd Finnerty discusses the Social Security disability mental disorder listings and the mental residual functional capacity (particularly what Social Security considers to be abilities needed for any job). He discusses the process of making decisions on mental health related Social Security disability claims. Dr. Finnerty previously worked as an inhouse medical consultant for a disability determination service for around 19 years helping to make the decisions on Social Security disability claims (Dr. Finnerty completed PRT/ PRTF and MRFC forms after reviewing all of the medical evidence the adjudicators collected for him).
Mental abilities needed for any job
secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0...
Social Security disability’s mental listings
12.00-Mental Disorders-Adult (ssa.gov)
Psychiatric Review Technique
secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0...
The PRT (PRTF) is form #: SSA-2506-BK
The Mental Residual Functional Capacity Assessment is form #: SSA-4734-F4-SUP
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Dr. Todd Finnerty is a psychologist who does disability exams including exams related to Social Security disability. You can learn more about him at toddfinnerty.com

[@benbwma]

Excellent! Thank you Dr. Todd.

[@OtherwiseDonkey]

Do the VA and SSA update their mental disability criteria based on the most recent DSM 5? Do you find them lagging behind the APA recommendations?

[@nexusletters]

quite a while ago SSA proposed updates to their mental listings prior to the DSM-5 being finalized, then held off on their proposals and ended up not finalizing their rules until after the DSM-5 was published essentially. We'll see what happens with the VA's proposals- they were informed by DM-5 but admittedly the DSM-5 itself/alone is pretty terrible when it comes to actually assessing impairment in relation to disability claims