Using the Americans with Disabilities Act to the advantage of persons with severe and persistant mental illness: What rehabilitation counselors need to know

Work

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-68

  Conyers, Liza M ^a   Ahrens, Christine ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Program of Assertive Community Treatment   (United States)

Author keywords

Americans with Disabilities Act; Employment; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0042926606     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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