Vocational rehabilitation and mental health / edited by Chris Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lloyd, Chris, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities--Rehabilitation.

People with mental disabilities.

People with mental disabilities--Employment.

Occupational therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vocational Rehabilitation and Mental Health is a practical guide for all members of the healthcare team to implementing effective services leading to sustained career development among people with mental illness. It examines the barriers to employment such as stigma, discrimination and fluctuating health and discusses the evidence underpinning the provision of effective employment services. The book goes on to examine some of the challenges with implementing evidence-based practice and discusses ways to overcome these challenges.

Contents:

Vocational Rehabilitationand Mental Health; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Employment and people with mental illness; 2 Evidence-based supported employment; 3 The successes and challenges of integrating mental health and employment services; 4 Reducing employers' stigma by supported employment; 5 Motivational interviewing; 6 When motivation for vocational assistance is unclear; 7 Therapeutic alliance in vocational rehabilitation; 8 The importance of vocation in recovery for young people with mental illness; 9 Employment and early psychosis; 10 Work-related social skills and job retention

11 When symptoms and treatments hinder vocational recovery12 Supported education; 13 Managing personal information in supported employment for people with mental illness; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612482519

9781282482517

1282482513

9781444319736

1444319736

9781444319743

1444319744

OCLC:

606618600