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Contributory Factors Leading Behavioral Health Disability

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There several ways that iatrogenic BH disability can occur through actions of (1) the individual, (2) TPs, (3) employers, (4) attorneys, and (5) insurers. The contributions and nuances of each and how these multiple factors can lead to iatrogenic BH disability will be examined further.

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Warren, P.A. (2018). Contributory Factors Leading Behavioral Health Disability. In: Warren, P. (eds) Handbook of Behavioral Health Disability Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89860-5_3

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