Main description:

Vocational Rehabilitation and Mental Health is a practicalguide for all members of the healthcare team to implementingeffective services leading to sustained career development amongpeople with mental illness. It examines the barriers to employmentsuch as stigma, discrimination and fluctuating health and discussesthe evidence underpinning the provision of effective employmentservices. The book goes on to examine some of the challenges withimplementing evidence-based practice and discusses ways to overcomethese challenges.

Contents:

Contributors vii Preface xi 1 Employment and people with mental illness 1 Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd 2 Evidence-based supported employment 19 Chris Lloyd 3 The successes and challenges of integrating mental health and employment services 33 Samson Tse and Nikki Porteous 4 Reducing employers stigma by supported employment 51 Hector W.H. Tsang, Mandy W.M. Fong, Kelvin M.T. Fung and Patrick W. Corrigan 5 Motivational interviewing 65 Chris Lloyd and Robert King 6 When motivation for vocational assistance is unclear 79 Terry Krupa 7 Therapeutic alliance in vocational rehabilitation 95 Frank P. Deane, Trevor P. Crowe and Lindsay G. Oades 8 The importance of vocation in recovery for young people with mental illness 115 Chris Lloyd and Geoff Waghorn 9 Employment and early psychosis 135 Niall Turner 10 Work-related social skills and job retention 157 Hector W.H. Tsang and Sally M.Y. Li 11 When symptoms and treatments hinder vocational recovery 173 Terry Krupa 12 Supported education 187 Chris Lloyd and Samson Tse 13 Managing personal information in supported employment for people with mental illness 201 Geoff Waghorn and Christine E. Spowart Index 211