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Old 10-17-2001, 11:02 AM
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Pernell Johnson
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Smoke, here we are once again. My pet peeve, Social Workers, they about has much about drugs and alcohl abuse as the chair you are sitting in. For the record clinicians especially (CADC) Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors are the people who make the appropriate decisions concerning addicts. The doctors there are some (Addiction Medicine) only and they are suspect.
SSDI, There was a time when Addicts were eligible and appropriate, then some politician cut it out. As for your friend, this is the deal, there is a diagnosis done on each individual. Your friend had a primary mental diagnosis which entitled her to Disability. The secondary diagnosis, the one that you saw (the addiction) was brought on by the first. The clinician in charge if there was one did not have accurate diagnosis and treatment plan to intervene on the addiction. Now, you know we are talking real technical here and I hope it does not offend anyone. You need to know and I want you to know.


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