Job profiles of people with severe mental illness: Implications for rehabilitation

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-196

  Tsang, Hector W H ^a   Ng, Bacon F L ^a   Chiu, Frank P F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Job profiles; Mental illness; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EMPLOYMENT; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PATIENT MONITORING;

MENTAL ILLNESS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 0036747948     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200209000-00004     Document Type: Article

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