How Consumers of Mental Health Services Come to Understand their Potential for Work: Doing and Becoming Revisited

Abstract

B Ba ac ck kg gr ro ou un nd d.. Doing and becoming are fundamental constructs in occupational therapy. However, we have little understanding of how these concepts apply to the way that individuals develop ideas about their future in the realm of work. P Pu ur rp po os se e.. This paper examines the doing-becoming interaction and applies it to our understanding of work potential among consumers of community mental health services. M Me et th ho od ds s.. Using a grounded theory approach, 10 consumers were interviewed about their experiences with paid and unpaid work. Data were analyzed inductively according to the constant comparative approach. R Re es su ul lt ts s.. The findings reveal that doing and becoming are essential to the process of how consumers develop ideas about their potential for work. Through doing work, consumers gain insight into their capacity for future work participation and become persons with possible work futures. P Pr ra ac ct ti ic ce e I Im mp pl li ic ca at ti io on ns s.. An occupational perspective on career development challenges occupational therapists to create opportunities for doing and becoming among consumers. Résumé D De es sc cr ri ip pt ti io on n : : Faire et devenir sont des construits fondamentaux en ergothérapie. Cependant, nous comprenons à peine comment ces concepts s'appliquent à la manière dont les individus conçoivent leur avenir dans le domaine du travail. B Bu ut t.. Cet article examine l'interaction entre le faire et le devenir et l'applique à notre compréhension de la capacité de travail des consommateurs de services de santé mentale à base communautaire. M Mé ét th ho od do ol lo og gi ie e.. À l'aide d'une approche théorique fondée sur les données, 10 consommateurs ont été interviewés au sujet de leurs expériences face aux emplois rémunérés et non rémunérés. Les données ont été analysées de manière inductive à l'aide d'une approche comparative constante. R Ré és su ul lt ta at ts s.. Les résultats indiquent que le faire et le devenir sont essentiels au processus par lequel les consommateurs conçoivent leur capacité de travail. À travers la réalisation de leur travail, les consommateurs comprennent davantage leur capacité de participer à un emploi dans l'avenir et de devenir des personnes ayant des possibilités d'avenir face à l'emploi. C Co on ns sé éq qu ue en nc ce es s p po ou ur r l la a p pr ra at ti iq qu ue e.. La perspective occupationnelle du développement de la carrière défie les ergothérapeutes qui travaillent en vue de créer des possibilités de faire et de devenir chez les consommateurs.

Psychiatric rehabilitation in community-based day centres: Motivation and satisfaction

“…Self-reported diagnosis; n (%) 4) Schizophrenia and other psychoses 37 (44) Mood disorders 19 (22) Anxiety, phobia and stress disorders 16 (19) Other disorders 13 (15) Note. Due to missing data the total number of participants varies between the variables.…”

“…Due to missing data the total number of participants varies between the variables. 1) Four missing values; 2) eleven missing values; 3) six missing values; 4) eight missing values. Table II.…”

“…The items were selected on the basis of the literature indicating the important ingredients in activities that promote recovery and personal meaning (4,35). The face validity of the items was discussed with the aforementioned panels of day center attendees and researchers and was found to be good.…”

“…Having a meaningful everyday activity and feeling productive have repeatedly been shown to be essential for recovery and perceiving meaning in life for people with psychiatric disabilities (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Meaningful activities are central in governmental goals and in rehabilitation programs for people with psychiatric disabilities, such as community-based day centers (6).…”

Work experiences among attendees of day centres for people with psychiatric disabilities

“…Despite that almost all participants had had salaried jobs, only a few were working today. This most likely reduces their general satisfaction life, since numerous studies have shown that people with mental illness highly appreciate productive work [16,31,32].…”