Attitudes towards employment and employment outcomes among homeless veterans with substance abuse and/or psychiatric problems

American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-166

  Mares, Alvin S ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Employment outcomes; Homelessness; Mental illness; Veterans; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN; VOCATION; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 33750800161     PISSN: 15487768     EISSN: 15487776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487760600961451     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Alfano, A.M. (1973). A scale to measure attitudes toward working. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 3, 329-333.
2. Becker, D.R. & Drake, R.E. (1993). A working life: The individual placement and support (IPS) program. Concord, NH: Hew Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center.
3. Becker, D.R. & Drake, R.E. (1994). Individual placement and support: A community mental health center approach to vocational rehabilitation. Community, Mental Health Journal, 30, 193-206.
4. Blankertz, L. & Robinson, S. (1996). Adding a vocational focus to mental health rehabilitation. Psychiatric Services, 47, 1216-1222.
5. Bond, G.R. (1998). Principles of the individual placement and support model of supported employment: Empirical support. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 22, 11-23.
6. Bond, G.R. (2004). Supported employment: Evidence for an evidence-based practice. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 27, 345-359.
7. Bond, G.R., Becker, D.R., Drake, R.E., & Vogler, K. (1997). A fidelity scale for the individual placement and support model of supported employment. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 40, 265-284.
8. Bond, G.R., Vogler, K.W., Resnick, S.G., Evans, L.J., Drake, R.E., & Becker, D.R. (2001). Dimensions of supported employment: Factor structure of the IPS fidelity scale. Journal of Mental Health, 10, 383-394.
9. Center for Mental Health Services. (2005). Employment Intervention Demonstration Program. Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago. Retrieved on 9/20/06 from http://www.psych.uic.edu/EIDP/.
10. Derogatis, L.R. (1993). Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) administration, scoring, and procedures manual. (3rd ed). Minneapolis, MN National Computer Systems.
11. Drake, R.E. (1998). Individual placement and support: Special issue. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 22, 3-7.
12. Drake, R.E. & Becker, D.R. (1996). The individual placement and support (IPS) model of supported employment. Psychiatric Services, 47, 473-475.
13. Drebing, C.E., Fleitas, R., Moore, A., Krebs, C., Van Ormer, A., Penk, W., Seibyl, C., & Rosenheck, R. (2002). Patterns in work functioning and vocational rehabilitation associated with coexisting psychiatric and substance use disorders. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 46, 5-13.
14. Drebing, C.E., Rosenheck, R.A., Schutt, R., Kasprow, W.J., & Penk, W. (2003). Patterns in referral and admission to vocational rehabilitation associated with coexisting psychiatric and substance-use disorders. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 47, 15-23.
15. Gervey, R., Parrish, A., & Bond, G.R. (1995). Survey of exemplary supported employment programs for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 5, 115-125.
16. Kashner, T.M., Rosenheck, R., Campinell, A.B., Suris, A., Crandall, R., Garfield, N.J., Lapuc, P., Pyrcz, K., Soyka, T., & Wicker, A. (2002). Impact of work therapy on health status among homeless, substance-dependent veterans: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59, 938-945.
17. Kornfeld, R. & Rupp, K. (2000). The net effects of the Project NetWork return to work case management experiment on participant earnings, benefit receipt, and other outcomes. Social Security Bulletin, 63, 12-33.
18. Leda, C. & Rosenheck, R.A. (1992). Mental health status and community adjustment after treatment in a residential treatment program for homeless veterans. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149, 1219-1224.
19. Lehman, A.F. (1988). A quality of life interview for the chronically mentally ill. Evaluation and Program Planning, 11, 51-52.
20. Macias, C., DeCarlo, L.T., Wang, Q., Frey, J., & Barreira, P. (2001). Work interest as a predictor of competitive employment: Policy implications for psychiatric rehabilitation. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 28, 279-297.
21. McLellan, A.T., Luborsky, L., & Woody, G.E. (1980). An improved diagnostic evaluation instrument for substance abuse patients: The addiction severity index. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 168, 26-33.
22. Mueser, K.T., Salyers, M.P., & Mueser, P.R. (2001). A prospective analysis of work in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 27, 281-296.
23. Priebe, S., Warner, R., Hubschmid, T., & Eckle, I. (1998). Employment, attitudes toward work, and quality of life among people with schizophrenia in three countries. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 24, 469-477.
24. Rosenheck, R.A., Frisman, L.K., & Gallup P.G. (1995). Effectiveness and cost of specific treatment elements in a program for homeless mentally ill veterans. Psychiatric Services, 46, 1131-1139.
25. Rosenheck, R.A. & Seibyl, C.L. (2005). A longitudinal perspective on monitoring outcomes of an innovative program. Psychiatric Services, 56, 301-307.
26. SPSS Incorporated. (2001). SPSS 11.0 for Windows. Author: Chicago, IL.