The estimates of the numbers of women on welfare who experience major depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, panic disorders, and agoraphobia, as well as serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, vary a good deal. Generally, however, most reports find that poor women experience these mental health disorders at much higher rates than the general population.
Related Reading
- Briefing Paper: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Among Women on Welfare
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Making 'welfare to work' really work
This is a report of the Division 35 Task Force on Women, Poverty and Public Assistance, providing information on key areas of welfare reform that should be addressed, sympathetically interpreted or amended in the legislation current at that time in order to ensure the long-term goal of self-sufficiency for women on public assistance.
Date created: 2008