Enhancing employment services for people with severe mental illness: The challenge of the Australian service environment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-477

  King, Robert ^a   Waghorn, Geoffrey ^a   Lloyd, Chris ^a   McLeod, Pat ^b   McMah, Terene ^a   Leong, Cliff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employment; Intersectoral linkage; Severe mental illness; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; COOPERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33646167378     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01824.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Dollard MF, Winefield AH. Mental health: Overemployment, underemployment, unemployment and healthy jobs. In: Morrow L, Verins I, Willis E, eds. Mental health and work issues and perspectives. Adelaide, SA: The Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health, 2002; 3-41.
2. Ruesch P, Graf J, Meyer PC, Rossler W, Hell D. Occupation, social support and quality of life in persons with schizophrenia or affective disorders. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2004; 39: 686-694.
3. Honey A. Benefits and drawbacks of employment: Perspectives of people with mental illness. Qualitative Health Research 2004; 14: 381-395.
4. Marwaha S, Johnson S. Schizophrenia and employment: A review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2004; 39: 337-349.
5. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Mental health and social exclusion. Wetherby: ODPM, 2004.
6. Kirsh B. Factors associated with employment for mental health consumers. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2000; 24: 13-21.
7. Brekke JS, Ansel M, Long J, Slade E, Weinstein M. Intensity and continuity of services and functional outcomes in the rehabilitation of persons with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services 1999; 50: 248-256.
8. Rutman ID. How psychiatric disability expresses itself as a barrier to employment. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal 1994; 17: 15-35.
9. Waghorn G. Work-related subjective experiences, work-related self-efficacy and vocational status among community residents with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Doctoral Thesis. Brisbane, Qld: The University of Queensland, 2005.
10. Waghorn G, Chant D, White P, Whiteford H. Disability, employment and work performance among persons with ICD-10 anxiety disorders. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 39: 55-66.
11. Waghorn G, Chant D, White P, Whiteford H. Delineating disability. Labour force participation and employment restrictions among persons with psychosis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2004; 109: 279-288.
12. Waghorn G, Chant D. Employment restrictions among persons with ICD-10 anxiety disorders: Characteristics from a population survey. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 2005; 19: 642-657.
13. Huxley P, Thornicroft G. Social inclusion, social quality and mental illness. British Journal of Psychiatry 2003; 182: 289-290.
14. Bond G. Principles of the Individual Placement and Support model: empirical support. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 1998; 22: 11-23.
15. Bond G. Supported employment: Evidence for an evidence-based practice. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2004; 27: 345-359.
16. O'Halloran D. An historical overview of Australia's largest and oldest provider of vocational rehabilitation - CRS Australia. Work 2002; 19: 211-218.
17. Waghorn G, King R. Australian trends in vocational rehabilitation for psychiatric disability. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 1999; 13: 153-163.
18. Whiteford H. Intersectoral policy reform is critical to the National Mental Health Strategy. Australian Journal of Public Health 1994; 18: 342-344.
19. Waghorn G, Lewis S. Disclosure of psychiatric disabilities in vocational rehabilitation. Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling 2002; 8: 67-80.
20. Bond GR, Drake RE, Becker DR, Mueser KT. Effectiveness of psychiatric rehabilitation approaches for employment of people with severe mental illness. Journal of Disability Policy Studies (Special Issue: Rehabilitation for People with Psychiatric Impairments) 2002; 10: 18-52.
21. Lehman A, Goldberg R, Dixon L et al. Improving employment outcomes for persons with severe mental illnesses. Archives of General Psychiatry 1999; 59: 165-172.
22. Twamley EW, Jeste DV, Lehman AF. Vocational rehabilitation in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: A literature review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders 2003; 191: 515-523.
23. Mueser KT, Clark RE, Haines M et al. The Hartford study of supported employment for persons with severe mental illness. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2004; 72: 479-490.
24. Lucca AM, Henry AD, Banks S, Simon L, Page S. Evaluation of an Individual Placement and Support model (IPS) program. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2004; 27: 251-257.
25. Cook JA, Lehman AF, Drake R et al. Integration of psychiatric and vocational services: A multi-site randomized implementation effectiveness trial of Supported Employment. American Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 162: 1948-1956.
26. Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services. Quality assurance handbook for disability employment services, Version 2. Canberra: Australian Government, 2003.
27. Latimer EA. Economic impacts of assertive community treatment: A review of the literature. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 1999; 44: 443-454.
28. Johnston S, Salkeld G, Sanderson K et al. Intensive case management: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1998; 32: 551-559.
29. King R, Le Bas J, Spooner D. The impact of caseload on mental health case manager personal efficacy. Psychiatric Services 2000; 52: 364-368.
30. Henry AD, Lucca AM, Banks S, Simon L, Page S. Inpatient hospitalizations and emergency service visits among participants in an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model program. Mental Health Services Research 2004; 6: 227-237.
31. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Survey of disability, ageing and carers, Australia. Technical paper. Confidentialized unit record file 1998. Canberra: Commonwealth Government, 1999.
32. Waghorn G, Chant D. Labour force activity by people with depression and anxiety disorders: A population level second order analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2005; 112: 415-424.
33. Waghorn G, Chant D, Whiteford H. Clinical and non-clinical predictors of vocational recovery for Australians with psychotic disorders. Journal of Rehabilitation 2002; 68: 40-51.
34. Jablensky A, McGrath J, Herrman H et al. National survey of mental health and wellbeing. Report 4. People living with psychotic illness: An Australian study. Canberra: Mental Health Branch, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, 1999.
35. Waghorn G, Chant D, Whiteford H. The strength of self-reported course of illness in predicting vocational recovery for persons with schizophrenia. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 2003; 18: 33-41.