Citation

Zyss T, Boroń J. Psychiatr. Psychol. Klin. 2006; 6(1): 41-47.

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(Copyright © 2006, Medical Communications)

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Abstract

Children and adolescents belong to the age group, which has no chance to work out an appropriate social insurance rate period. Therefore, in case of a serious illness they cannot receive disability pension. The new law on disability and old age pensions from the Social Insurance Fund no longer provides for the hitherto functioning school-pupil disability pension. The new law has introduced the notion of a social pension. Since the end of 2003 social pension has been admitted by the Social Insurance Agency for a person who: 1) is mature, 2) is totally unable to work due to malfunction of organism, which occurred before reaching eighteen while attending school or before reaching 25 while attending university. While assessing the right for a social pension it is not important, when the total inability to work occurred. It is important, however, that this inability should result from malfunction of organism inflicted in the indicated periods. Specific social benefits are also admitted in childhood and adolescence if one of the parents dies. These benefits are called family pension. In each of the above mentioned legal solutions only severe psychiatric disturbances can be the basis for medical decision about total inability to work. These disturbances include: at least moderate mental impairment, slight mental impairment with other serious disorders (intensive characteropathic disturbances, epilepsy with frequent seizures, paresis after anterior poliomyelitis, sight and hearing malfunctions), severe emotional and behavioural disturbances (requiring hospitalisation, with aggressive and self-aggressive behaviour) and severe depressive episodes (requiring hospitalisation, after suicidal attempts), psychotic disorders (with intensive persistent productive disturbances, catatonic symptoms, intensive axial symptoms of schizophrenia) etc.

Language: pl

Keywords

disability; human; Children; Psychiatry; Adolescents; psychosis; suicide attempt; hospitalization; review; mental disease; behavior disorder; mental health service; medical decision making; health insurance; pension; Pension jurisdiction; social insurance