Challenging barriers to employment, training and education for mental health service users: The service user's perspective

Still dreaming: Service users' employment, education & training goals

“…The results are also similar to those of previous surveys in terms of the level of interest in work and the barriers identified (Bates, 1996;Rinaldi and Hill, 2000;Secker et al, 2001). While this strengthens the reliability of the results, it may suggest that the survey contributes little in the way of new knowledge.…”

“…A questionnaire previously used by Secker et al (2001) in Sheffield was adapted for use in South Essex with input and advice, as noted above, from the service user researchers. In addition to data on respondents' locality, sex, age and ethnicity, the questionnaire covered:…”

Implementation of an employment intervention in mental health teams: a naturalistic 1-year employment outcome study in people with severe mental illness

“…Having an open market paid job is associated with better quality of life and wellbeing (Marwaha et al, 2008) and has a positive impact on more areas of life than almost any other intervention (Boardman et al, 2003). In the UK those with severe mental illness have very high rates of unemployment of around 80-90% (Marwaha and Johnson, 2004) though most say that they wish to work (Secker et al, 2001). The financial costs due to the unemployment of the mentally ill are enormous (Layard, 2006) estimated to be £3.4 billion in 2004/2005 for those with schizophrenia (Mangalore and Knapp, 2006).…”

Socio-demographic correlates of treatment response among patients with schizophrenia in a tertiary hospital in South-East Nigeria

“…On the other hand, marriage can also become source of stress and high expressed emotion that may lead to frequent relapses. 24 Work is a frequently stated goal of people with schizophrenia, 25 but their employment rate is low. Employment rates of patients with schizophrenia in Europe range from 8-35%.…”