Employment services as an early intervention for young people with mental illness

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-335

  Browne, Deborah J ^a   Waghorn, Geoffrey ^b  

^a Workwise Employment Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Mental illness; Psychosis; Supported employment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 77958611865     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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