Are patients being treated for clinical depression and considered
mentally ill covered under the "Americans with Disabilities Act?"
Please give me as much detail as possible, or where I can easily
locate the information without having to read through thousands of
pages of lawyerese.

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Clarification of Question by inhisname-ga on 07 Nov 2004 08:13 PST

I am a 58 year old adult patient.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 07 Nov 2004 09:12 PST

There is a very helpful article on this topic at this link:


http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/Psychiatric.html


which says, in essence, that mental illness can be covered by ADA, and
is essentially decided on a case by case basis.

Have a look at this article -- it's not terribly legalistic -- and let
us know what sort of additional information you need to answer your
question.

Thanks...and all the best.

pafalafa-ga