Comorbid physical health conditions hinder employment among people with psychiatric disabilities

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-246

  Waghorn, Geoff ^a   Lloyd, Chris ^a   Abraham, Benjamin ^a   Silvester, Damien ^a   Chant, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employment; Physical health; Psychiatric disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 42949172596     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2975/31.3.2008.243.246     Document Type: Article

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