PIP for MH?

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Has anyone successfully applied for and received PIP for their mental health?
My son (21) has tried for so long, so hard, doing a job he loves and he is breaking.
He has been diagnosed with ADHD and it has now become apparent to health professionals that he has bipolar disorder.
He has worked since he left school and 16 and is currently about to finish an amazing apprenticeship but is falling apart in front of us.
He has been arrested three times over the past 18 months and has been suicidal.
Thanks.

Look on the scope forums…..you will get some helpful information there

Yes I get PIP for MH. Well, it is review time so maybe I’ll lose it! But I have been receiving it for about 4 years.

I get PIP for MH issues too. It was a surprisingly painless process to claim after hearing so many horror stories about how other people had been treated poorly.
If you have consultants review letters that you can provide as evidence of diagnoses then that will probably help. Good Luck

Yes, I do. It wasn't a hard process really, no assessments etc as I had a lot of medical evidence from my psychiatrist and therapist. Does your son have a mental health team?

Just a warning OP - PIP isn't designed to be an income support benefit so everything you've said here about not being able to hold down his job is irrelevant to the PIP assessment.
The assessment will purely be about how he functions with activities of daily living such as washing, dressing, cooking, getting around.
That's why it's quite hard to get for MH as the criteria is primarily set up for physical disabilities, although that doesn't mean you can't make a case as pp have evidenced.

As a previous poster said, PIP isn't about not being able to hold down a job, it's how you function on a day to day basis, preparing food, washing, dressing etc. If your son's mental health issues don't prevent him from doing these things, then have you thought about your son claiming universal credit and getting assessed as having limited capability for work and work related activities? (he would get extra money on top of the standard rate of UC for this). There's also something called ESA that he may be able to claim. I'm no expert but if I was you I'd have a look online at the claim forms and see if he falls into any of these categories. If he's under the care of the local community mental health team, then they should be able to advise him with regards to benefits he may be eligible for.