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Vocational rehabilitation: variety is the key to success
- Author:
- ROBDALE Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2008, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Various approaches to vocational rehabilitation have been used over the past 30 years to support people with mental health problems. The main two approaches that have been tried and evaluated are the 'train and place' approach and the 'place and train' model (sometimes referred to as individual placement and support (IPS)). The idea of a social firm has also been advocated. This article evaluates these approaches in relation to mental health service users and compares them with traditional industrial therapy.
Psychological traits and behavioral coping of psychiatric consumers: the mediating role of self-esteem
- Authors:
- KAHANG Sand K, MOWBURY Carol T
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 30(2), May 2005, pp.87-97.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A positive coping style can be critical to successful rehabilitation of psychiatric consumers. Using structural equation modelling, this study examined the relationships among consumers' psychological characteristics, self-esteem, and behaviours, and the role of self-esteem in mediating the relationships between psychological characteristics and behavioural coping. The sample consisted of 393 psychiatric consumers recruited from 25 psychosocial rehabilitation services (PSR) agencies in south-east Michigan, USA. Key findings were that affective (that is, negative and positive affect) and cognitive (that is, beliefs in devaluation-discrimination) traits influence self-esteem and behavioural coping, and significant effects of affective and cognitive traits on behavioral coping are mediated by self-esteem. The findings suggest that interventions targeting self-esteem could be effective in modifying the behavioural coping of consumers served in PSR agencies. Implications for social work practice are discussed in relation to attitude change theories.
Organizational and individual level determinants of stigmatization in mental health services
- Authors:
- VERHAEGHE Mieke, BRACKE Piet
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 43(4), August 2007, pp.375-400.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Despite the large amount of research on the existence and the negative consequences of stigmatization of clients of mental health services, little is known about the differences between services. Using data from 520 clients of 47 rehabilitation centres in Belgium in a multilevel design, the authors studied organisational and individual characteristics explaining variation in social rejection and self-rejection. The results reveal that only a very small percentage of variance in stigmatization is explained by organizational features, such as size, composition of the client population and the kind of supplied activities. Client level characteristics affecting stigmatization are current mental health status, former mental hospitalization, and participation in psychotherapeutic activities.
The importance of vocation in recovery for young people with psychiatric disabilities
- Authors:
- LLYOD Chris, WAGHORN Geoff
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70(2), February 2007, pp.50-59.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Young people with psychiatric disabilities are particularly disadvantaged when it comes to participating in vocational training or higher education or to seeking and maintaining employment. A review of the literature reveals that this is due to a number of factors, including low expectations by health professionals, stigma and discrimination, symptomatology and the lack of a clear responsibility for promoting vocational and social outcomes. A useful approach for occupational therapists to use is a recovery framework combining evidence-based employment and educational assistance with mental health care, provided in parallel with brief vocational counselling, illness management skills, training in stigma countering and disclosure strategies, context-specific social skills and skills in social network development. It is concluded that there is an urgent need to link evidence-based vocational practices with quality mental health care, in order to restore hope among young people of ever realising their vocational goals and once again feeling included as valued members of society.
Stigmatizing attitudes about mental illness and allocation of resources to mental health services
- Authors:
- CORRIGAN Patrick W., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 40(4), August 2004, pp.297-307.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This study tests a social psychological model stating that policy maker decisions regarding the allocation of resources to mental health services are influenced by their attitudes towards people with mental illness and treatment efficacy. Fifty four individuals participated in a larger study of education about mental health stigma. Participants completed various measures of resource allocation preferences for mandated treatment and rehabilitation services, attributions about people with mental illness, and factors that influence allocation preferences including perceived treatment efficacy. Results showed significant attitudinal correlates with resource allocation preferences for mandated treatment, but no correlates to rehabilitation services. In particular, people who pity people with mental illness as well as those that endorse coercive and segregated treatments, were more likely to rate resource allocation to mandated care as important. Perceived treatment efficacy was also positively associated with resource allocation preferences for mandated treatment. A separate behavioral measure that involved donating money to NAMI was found to be inversely associated with blaming people for their mental illness and not being willing to help them. Implications of these findings on strategies that seek to increase resources for mental health programmes are discussed.
Employment package
- Authors:
- O'NEILL Emer, WILLCOX Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2004, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Reports on the b4 campaign (Berkshire for mental health) which was set up by a consortium of agencies in Berkshire to create positive changes in attitudes towards mental health. It aims to challenge the stigma and discrimination around mental health issues in the workplace. The campaign offers a free telephone helpline, training and helps organisations support the rehabilitation and recovery of staff who have experienced a mental health problems.