An ethnographic study of job seeking among people with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Alverson, Hoyt ^a,b   Carpenter, Elizabeth ^a,c   Drake, Robert E ^a,d,e  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Severe mental illness; Supported employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MINORITY GROUP; SAMPLING; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONNECTICUT; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JOB APPLICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33746272613     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/30.2006.15.22     Document Type: Article

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