Vocational Rehabilitation in Psychiatry and Mental Health

Swart, Lyndsey; Buys, T. S.

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“…In addition, it can be said that psychological counseling and ongoing support about job-related difficulties are beneficial in reducing anxiety symptoms. High levels of anxiety may impair the worker's ability to interact effectively with others or work independently, so ongoing support and consultancy are very important at this state (Swart and Buys, 2014). Similarly, in a case report, a person with severe mental illness could work for 8 months and his quality of life and self-sufficiency of the person improved at the end of a supported (Chan, Tsang and Li, 2009).…”

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Şizofreni Tanısı Olan Bireylerde İşe Hazırlık Programının Etkinliği: Bir Pilot Çalışma

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2021

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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Work Readiness Program (WRP) on anxiety levels and coping ways of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Material and Methods: WRP consists of 7 sessions, in which two 1 hr meetings were held weekly for 5 weeks. A total of 7 participants enrolled into WRP were assessed before, immediately after and 6 months after the program. Sociodemographic Form, State/Trait Anxiety Inventory and Coping Styles Inventory were administered. Results: The results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in terms of the trait anxiety scores (p=0.034) and the total score of coping ways (p=0.002) in pre-intervention, postintervention and 6-month follow-up; however, no significant difference was found in terms of state anxiety scores (p>0.05). Paired comparisons showed that the trait anxiety scores were higher at 6-month followup compared to the scores at baseline (p<0.05). It was found that CSI-total score decreased gradually at post-intervention and at 6-month follow-up compared to the scores at baseline (p < 0.05). Discussion: WRP reduced the trait anxiety levels and improved coping skills of the participants who completed the program. Our study results showed the necessity and importance of work readiness programs in people diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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Şizofreni Tanısı Olan Bireylerde İşe Hazırlık Programının Etkinliği: Bir Pilot Çalışma

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“…16 Vocational rehabilitation A multiprofessional evidence-based approach that is provided in different settings, services, and activities to working age individuals with health-related impairments, limitations or restrictions with work functioning, and whose primary aim is to optimise work participation. 2…”

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“…In occupational therapy practice, VR is defined as an evidence-based systematic process provided in different settings, services and activities to working age individuals with health-related impairments, limitations or restrictions with work functioning, and whose primary aim is to optimise work participation. 2 VR 'is whatever helps someone with a health problem to stay at, return to and remain in work'. 3 It enables persons with physical or mental impairments or disabilities to overcome barriers to accessing, maintaining or returning to employment or other useful occupations.…”

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“…Evidence indicates that engagement in employment or work by itself is 'associated with reduced symptoms, reduced hospital admissions, improved social skills, improved self-esteem, improved family atmosphere and greater personal independence'. 2 Moreover, work is a significant means for MHSUs to meet their basic needs and is relevant to their social status, feeling of personal accomplishment, freedom and security. 4 Work enables social inclusion and provides opportunity for MHSUs to make a meaningful contribution to the community.…”

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Vocational rehabilitation for mental health service users with chronic mental illness in low-income to upper-middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol

2021

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IntroductionWork is integral to the occupations of human beings and accounts for up to a third of time spent in an average adult life. Occupational therapists play a role in vocational rehabilitation of mental health service users (MHSUs) with the aim of optimising their work participation. It is advisable that occupational therapists providing vocational rehabilitation to MHSUs with chronic mental illness in mental healthcare settings are guided by a practice framework developed for that particular context. This scoping review aims to summarise existing evidence on vocational rehabilitation for MHSUs in low-income to upper-middle-income countries. The findings will inform subsequent phases of research undertaken to formulate a vocational rehabilitation practice framework for MHSUs in Namibia.Methods and analysisThe scoping review will employ the five stage methodological framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley. This will be used in conjunction with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISM-ScR) and Joanna Briggs scoping review guidelines. MESH terms, Boolean operators and truncation strategies will be employed for a comprehensive article search in electronic scholarly databases. These databases will include PsycINFO, EBSCOhost, HINARI, Google scholar, Medline, CINAHL, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Science Direct and Wiley Online Library. Mendeley and Rayyan, both open source platforms, will be used for title, abstract and full-text screening, as well as data extraction. Data will be sifted and sorted by key categories and themes using a data charting form.Ethics and disseminationThe scoping review findings will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at local and international conferences. Ethical clearance for this study will not be required as secondary data will be utilised and there are no patients involved.

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“…8 Occupational therapists play an important role in VR of MHSUs with chronic mental illness who are either employed, unemployed or on sick leave. 9 Through VR, occupational therapists help MHSUs to gain work, return to work or maintain an existing worker role. 10 Ross 10 highlights six stages followed in the VR process that are somewhat similar to the occupational therapy process.…”

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Scoping review exploring vocational rehabilitation interventions for mental health service users with chronic mental illness in low-income to upper-middle-income countries

2022

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ObjectiveTo synthesise research published on vocational rehabilitation (VR) interventions offered in institutions, by occupational therapists, to mental health service users (MHSUs) with chronic mental illness, in low-income to upper-middle-income countries (L-UMIC).DesignThis scoping review used Arksey and O’Malley’s methodological framework, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews extension for Scoping Reviews and Joanna Briggs scoping review guidelines.Data sourcesWe searched PsycInfo, EBSCOhost, HINARI, Google Scholar, Medline, CINAHL, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Science Direct and Wiley online library between 15 July and 31 August 2021.Eligibility criteriaSources, published in English between 2011 and 2021, on institution-based VR in occupational therapy for MHSUs who had chronic mental illness in L-UMIC were included. We included primary studies of any design.Data extraction and synthesisThree reviewers used Mendeley to manage identified references, Rayyan for abstract and full-text screening and Microsoft Excel for data extraction. Data were sifted and sorted by key categories and themes.Results895 sources were identified, and their title and abstracts reviewed. 207 sources were included for full-text screening. 12 articles from 4 countries (South Africa, India, Brazil and Kenya) were finally included. Types of VR intervention included supported employment, case management and prevocational skills training. Client centeredness, support and empowerment were the key VR principles identified. Teaching of illness self-management, job analysis and matching, job coaching, trial placement, and vocational guidance and counselling were the main intervention strategies reported.ConclusionsVR intervention in institutions for MHSUs in L-UMIC revealed the multidimensional uniqueness of individual MHSU’s vocational ability, needs and contexts. The interventions allowed client-centred approaches that offer support and empowerment beyond the boundaries of the institutions. Occupational therapists offering VR need to expand their interventions beyond their institutions to contexts where MHSUs are working or intending to work.

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Vocational Rehabilitation in Psychiatry and Mental Health

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Şizofreni Tanısı Olan Bireylerde İşe Hazırlık Programının Etkinliği: Bir Pilot Çalışma

Şizofreni Tanısı Olan Bireylerde İşe Hazırlık Programının Etkinliği: Bir Pilot Çalışma

Vocational rehabilitation for mental health service users with chronic mental illness in low-income to upper-middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol

Scoping review exploring vocational rehabilitation interventions for mental health service users with chronic mental illness in low-income to upper-middle-income countries

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