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Research on employment for persons with severe mental illness [electronic resource] / edited by William H. Fisher.

Contributor(s): Fisher, William HMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Research in community and mental health ; v. 13.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2004Description: 1 online resource (viii, 131 p. )ISBN: 9781849502863 (electronic bk.) :; 1849502862 (electronic bk.) :Subject(s): Mentally ill -- Employment | Mentally ill -- Rehabilitation | Care of the mentally ill | Political Science -- Labor & Industrial Relations | Social Science -- People with DisabilitiesAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Research on employment for persons with severe mental illness.DDC classification: 362.2/0425 LOC classification: RA790.6 | R47 2004Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Introduction : work and mental illness - a brief sociological and historical overview / William H. Fisher -- Employment success for people with serious mental illness: a question of person-environment fit? / Alexis D. Henry -- What does competitive employment mean? A secondary analysis of employment approaches in the Massachusetts employment intervention demonstration project / Matthew Johnsen, Colleen McKay, Alexis D. Henry, Thomas D. Manning -- Business as usual: work experiences of homeless persons with mental illness / Susan A. Pickett-Schenk, Judith A. Cook, Jessica A. Jonikas, Michael Banghart -- Employment services and employment outcomes for adults with serious mental illness / John A. Pandiani, Steven M. Banks, Monica M. Simon -- Persons with mental disorders in the competitive labor market: foundations for a research agenda / Marjorie L. Baldwin.

Summary: Over the centuries work for persons with severe mental illness has ranged from virtual slave labor to institutional peonage to contemporary rehabilitative programs that seek to assist individuals in re-entering the workplace. How best to do this remains an open question however, and has captured the attention of researchers from a broad range of disciplines, from rehabilitation research to labor economics. This volume provides a sense of this diversity and an overview of research perspectives in this critically important area. Included are chapters discussing important new theoretical frameworks, issues in the evaluation of programmatic efforts to enhance employment opportunities, and discussions grounded in large scale social and economic perspectives.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Ebooks	Mysore University Main Library		Not for loan		EBEP1986

Over the centuries work for persons with severe mental illness has ranged from virtual slave labor to institutional peonage to contemporary rehabilitative programs that seek to assist individuals in re-entering the workplace. How best to do this remains an open question however, and has captured the attention of researchers from a broad range of disciplines, from rehabilitation research to labor economics. This volume provides a sense of this diversity and an overview of research perspectives in this critically important area. Included are chapters discussing important new theoretical frameworks, issues in the evaluation of programmatic efforts to enhance employment opportunities, and discussions grounded in large scale social and economic perspectives.