Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Employment Support for People with Psychosis

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Brief Interventions for Psychosis

  • 1139 Accesses

Abstract

For most of us, having paid work is essential for well-being and financial security. But for many people who require some support to get into work, especially those with mental health problems, the right to employment is often not upheld. This chapter explores ways in which support with employment can be a part of a personal recovery journey for many more people than it is today. It focuses on interventions that can be provided by services to improve the support people with mental health conditions including psychosis receive to gain and retain employment.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 89.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Baronet A, Gerber GJ (1998) Psychiatric rehabilitation: efficacy of four models. Clin Rev Psychol 18:189–228

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Becker D, Drake R, Bond G, Nawaz S, Haslett W, Martinez R (2011) Best practices: a national mental health learning collaborative on supported employment. Psychiatr Serv 62(7):704–706. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.62.7.704

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bevan S, Gulliford J, Steadman K, Taskila T, Thomas R, Moise A (2013) Working with schizophrenia: pathways to employment, recovery & inclusion. The Work Foundation, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Biggs D, Hovey N, Tyson P, MacDonald S (2010) Employer and employment agency attitudes towards employing individuals with mental health needs. J Ment Health 19(6):505–516

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Burns T, Catty J, Becker T, Drake R, Fioritti A, Knapp M (2007) The effectiveness of supported employment for people with severe mental illness: a randomized controlled trial in six european countries. Lancet 370:1146–1152

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Burns T, Yeeles K, Langford O, Montes M, Burgess J, Anderson C (2015) A randomised controlled trial of time-limited individual placement and support: IPS-LITE trial. Br J Psychiatry. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152082

    Google Scholar 

  • Bush P, Drake R, Xie H, McHugo G, Haslett W (2009) The long-term impact of employment on mental health service use and costs for persons with severe mental illness. Psychiatr Serv 60(8):1024–1031

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Care Quality Commission (2014): www.cqc.org.uk

  • Centre for Mental Health (2012) Briefing 44: implementing what works. Centre for Mental Health, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Centre for Mental Health (2013) Barriers to employment: what works for people with mental health problems. Centre for Mental Health, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Centre for Mental Health (2014) Employment support and addiction: what works

    Google Scholar 

  • Corker E, Hamilton S, Henderson C, Weeks C, Pinfold V, Rose D, Williams P, Flach C, Gill V, Lewis-Holmes E, Thornicroft G (2013) Experiences of discrimination among people using mental health services in England 2008–2011. Br J Psychiatry 202:s58–s63

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Corrigan P, Thompson V, Lambert D, Sangster Y, Noel J, Campbell J (2003) Perceptions of discrimination among persons with serious mental illness. Psychiatr Serv 54(8):1105–1110

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Craig T, Shepherd G, Rinaldi G, Smith J, Carr S, Preston F, Singh S (2014) Vocational rehabilitation in early psychosis: cluster randomised trial. Br J Psychiatry 205(2):145–150. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.136283

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Crowther R, Marshall M, Bond GR, Huxley P (2001) Vocational rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2):CD003080. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003080

  • Danson M, Gilmore K (2009) Evidence on employer attitudes and EQUAL opportunities for the disadvantaged in a flexible and open economy. Environ Plan C: Gov Policy 27(6):991–1007

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Department for Work and Pensions (2014) Work choice: official statistics November 2014 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373185/work-choice-official-statistics-nov-2014.pdf

  • Diette T, Goldsmith A, Hamilton D, Darity W (2012) Causality in the relationship between mental health and unemployment. In: Appelbaum L (ed) Reconnecting to work: policies to mitigate long-term unemployment and its consequences. WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Michigan

    Google Scholar 

  • Drake R (2008) The centre for mental health lecture, 2008. Available at http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/pdfs/BobDrake_FutureOfSupportedEmployment_Transcript.pdf. Accessed 5 Jan 2015

  • Drake R, Bond G (2011) IPS supported employment: a 20-year update. Am J Psychiatr Rehabil 14(3):155–164. doi:10.1080/15487768.2011.598090

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Frost B, Carr V, Halpin S (2002) On behalf of the low prevalence disorders study group. Employment and psychosis: a bulletin of the low prevalence disorders study. National survey of mental health and wellbeing

    Google Scholar 

  • Frydecka D, BeszÅ‚ej JA, GoÅ›cimski P, Kiejna A, Misiak B (2015) Profiling cognitive impairment in treatment-resistant schizophrenia patients. Psychiatry Research. https://www.researchgate.net/deref/http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.psychres.2015.11.028

  • Gudlavalleti MVS, John N, Allagh K, Sagar J, Kamalakannan S, Ramachandra S (2014). Access to health care and employment status of people with disabilities in South India, the SIDE (South India Disability Evidence) study. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267734959_Access_to_health_care_and_employment_status_of_people_with_disabilities_in_South_India_the_SIDE_South_India_Disability_Evidence_study. Accessed Mar 26, 2016

  • Henderson C, Williams P, Little K, Thornicroft G (2013) Mental health problems in the workplace: changes in employers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices in England 2006–2010. Br J Psychiatry 202:s70–s76

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hoffmann H, Jäckel D, Glauser S, Kupper Z (2012) A randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of supported employment. Acta Psychiatr Scand 125(2):157–167

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts (2013) Department for work and pensions: work programme outcome statistics. The Stationery Office, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Killackey E, Jackson HJ, McGorry PD (2008) Vocational intervention in first-episode psychosis: individual placement and support v. treatment as usual. Br J Psychiatry 193(2):114–120. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.107.043109

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kin Wong K, Chiu R, Tang B, Mak D, Liu J, Chiu SN (2008) A randomized controlled trial of a supported employment program for persons with long-term mental illness in Hong Kong. Psychiatr Serv 59(1):84–90. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.59.1.84

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Latimer EA, Lecomte T, Becker DR, Drake RE, Duclos I, Piat M, Lahaie N, St-Pierre M-S, Therrien C, Xie H (2006) Generalisability of the individual placement and support model of supported employment: results of a Canadian randomised controlled trial. Br J Psychiatry 189:65–73. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.105.012641

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lloyd-Evans B, Marwaha S, Burns T, Secker J, Latimer E, Blizard R, Killaspy H, Totman J, Tanskanen S, Johnson S (2012) The nature and correlates of paid and unpaid work among service users of London community mental health teams. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796012000534

    Google Scholar 

  • Loughborough University/Mental Health Foundation (2009) Returning to work: the role of depression. Mental Health Foundation, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Lysaker P, Bell M (1995) Work performance over time for people with schizophrenia. Psychosoc Rehabil J 18:141–145

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Marwaha S, Johnson S (2004) Schizophrenia and employment – a review. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 39(5):337–349

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Marwaha S, Balachandra S, Johnson S (2009) Clinicians’ attitudes to the employment of people with psychosis. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44(5):349–360

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • McCrone P, Dhanasiri S, Patel A, Knapp M, Lawton-Smith S (2008) Paying the price: the cost of mental health care in England to 2026 (PDF). The King’s Fund, London

    Google Scholar 

  • McManus S, Mowlam A, Dorsett R, Stansfeld S, Clark C, Brown V, Wollny I, Rahim N, Morrell G, Graham J, Whalley R, Lee L, Meltzer H (2012) Mental health in context: the national study of work-search and wellbeing. DWP Research Report No 810. Available at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2011-2012/rrep810.pdf

  • Michon Harry, van Vugt M, van Busschbach J (2011) Effectiveness of individual placement and support; 18 & 30 months follow-up. Paper presented at the Enmesh Conference, Ulm, Germany

    Google Scholar 

  • Miller L, Clinton-Davis S, Meegan T (2014) Journeys to work: the perspective of client and employment specialist of ‘individual placement and Support’ in action. Ment Health Soc Incl 18(4):198–202

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mueser KT, Becker DR, Torrey WC et al (1997) Work and nonvocational domains of functioning in persons with severe mental illness: a longitudinal analysis. J Nerv Ment Dis 185(7):419–426

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Patrick R (2012) Work as the primary ‘Duty’ of the responsible citizen: a critique of this work-centric approach. People Place Policy Online 6(1):5–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Paul K, Moser K (2009) Unemployment impairs mental health: meta-analyses. J Vocat Behav 74(3):264–282

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rinaldi M, Montibeller T, Perkins R (2011) Increasing the employment rate for people with longer-term mental health problems. Psychiatrist 35:339–343

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sayce L (2011) Getting in, staying in and getting on. Department for Work and Pensions, The Stationery Office, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Schmidt MJ, Allscheid SP (1995) Employee attitudes and customer satisfaction: Making theoretical and empirical connection. Personal Psychology 48:521–536

    Google Scholar 

  • Secker J, Grove B, Seebohm P (2001) Challenging barriers to employment, training and education for mental health service users: the service users perspective. J Ment Health 10:395–404

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Van Stolk C, Hofman J, Hafner M, Janta B (2014) Psychological wellbeing and work: improving service provision and outcomes. Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Waddell G, Burton AK (2006) Is work good for your health and wellbeing? The Stationery Office, Norwich

    Google Scholar 

  • Work and Pensions Committee (2014) Improving access to work for disabled people. Available at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmworpen/481/48105.htm#a4

  • Yang LH, Anglin DM, Wonpat-Borja AJ, Opler MG, Greenspoon M, Corcoran CM (2013) Public stigma associated with psychosis risk syndrome in a college population: Implications for peer intervention. Psychiatric Services 64(3):284–288. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.003782011

    Google Scholar 

Further Reading

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Mental Health, Borough High Street, London, UK

    Andy Bell (Deputy Chief Executive)

Authors
  1. Andy Bell
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Andy Bell .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychiatry, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, USA

    Basant Pradhan

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Rowan University SOM, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA

    Narsimha Pinninti

  3. Antelope House, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Shanaya Rathod

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Bell, A. (2016). Employment Support for People with Psychosis. In: Pradhan, B., Pinninti, N., Rathod, S. (eds) Brief Interventions for Psychosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30521-9_10

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30521-9_10

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-30519-6

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-30521-9

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation