Influences on the Process of Work Integration: The Consumer Perspective

KirshBonnie,

doi:10.7870/cjcmh-1996-0002

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“…Our research, exploratory in nature, contributes to filling this gap. Our work also contributes to the expansion of the descriptive, ethnographic literature on consumers' experiences and expectations, a project begun largely by Estroff (1981), with recent contributions in the area of work by, among others, McCrohan et al (1994) and Kirsh (1996). Guiding our work is the assumption that, by listening to the experiences and perceptions of individuals who have been successful in employment, we can identify attitudes and strategies that could be helpful for those who have been less successful in this area.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 83%

Moving Beyond the Illness: Factors Contributing to Gaining and Maintaining Employment

Cunningham

Wolbert²,

Brockmeier

2000

American J of Comm Psychol

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The work presented here, exploratory in nature, uses a comparative and qualitative approach to understand the factors associated with the ability of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to successfully gain and maintain employment. Based on open-ended interviews with individuals in an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program, we compare the experiences of those who have been successful gaining and maintaining employment, with those who have been successful gaining but not maintaining work, and those who have been unsuccessful gaining employment. The three groups seemed to differ in three significant ways: (1) in the ways the individuals talked about their illness, (2) in the ways the individuals talked about work, and (3) in the strategies they described for coping with bad days. In each of these areas individuals' awareness of and attitude toward their illness was significant. The findings have clear implications for agencies working to help people with severe and persistent mental illness obtain and maintain employment.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 83%

Moving Beyond the Illness: Factors Contributing to Gaining and Maintaining Employment

Cunningham

Wolbert²,

Brockmeier

2000

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…Early theorists such as Meyer (1922Meyer ( /1977 and Fidler and Fidler (1978) focused on productivity (paid and unpaid work) in their reflections on occupation. More recently, several studies by occupational therapists explored the work experiences of mental health consumers (Gahnstrom-Strandqvist, Liukko, & Tham, 2003; Hvalsoe & Josephsson, 2003;Kirsh, 1996Kirsh, , 2000Krupa, 2004;Nagle, Cook, & Polatajko, 2002;Rebeiro & Allen, 1998;Strong, 1998). These studies have pointed to the positive and health-promoting effects of meaningful work participation.…”

Section: Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some literature does exist that promotes an understanding of the challenges faced by mental health consumers in resuming or reconstructing their work lives. Factors that have been shown to enable this process include social support and a sense of empowerment (Anthony, 1994;Davidson et al, 2001;Kirsh, 1996;Provencher, Gregg, Mead, & Mueser, 2002;Rebeiro et al, 2001;Strong, 1998), while challenges on a societal or systemic level include stigma and the constraints of the mental health system (Anthony, 2000;Everett, 2000;Rebeiro, 1999;Rogers, 1995;Syx, 1995;Townsend, 1998). Indeed, it is a complex set of dynamics that must be negotiated to engage or reengage in productive occupations.…”

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

Gewurtz

Kirsh

2006

Can J Occup Ther

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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.

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“…When specifically prompted, consumers frequently state that they want employment [57,[66][67][68] even when mental health providers rate employment as a low priority [69]. Other qualitative studies [70][71][72][73][74][75] have found that people with a severe mental illness actively strive to obtain meaningful roles and an appropriate vocational place in the community.…”

Section: Desire To Workmentioning

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The employment of people with mental illness

Waghorn

Lloyd

2005

Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health

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People with a mental illness are among the most socially and economically marginalised members of the community. They experience high levels of unemployment and nonparticipation in the labour force. Unemployment has a number of negative effects including the loss of purpose, structure, roles and status and a sense of identity which employment brings. Employment enables social inclusion in the wider community and is an important way that people with a mental illness can meaningfully participate in the wider community. Australia has a mental health strategy, which guides the ongoing reform of mental health services. However, specific strategies to address the social and economic marginalisation of people with a mental illness have not been addressed. A recovery-oriented approach is recommended, which integrates the key sectors involved. To date there has been little intersectoral collaboration between the various sectors such as mental health services, housing, and vocational services. People require more role-specific assistance to enable them to participate in socially valued roles implicit with citizenship. There is a need to formulate improved pathways to assistance and more evidence-based forms of assistance to re-establish career pathways. This report aims to: 1) collect relevant overseas and Australian evidence about the employment of people with mental illness; 2) identify the potential benefits of employment; 3) describe patterns of labour force participation in Australia among people with mental illness; 4) identify how mental illness can cause barriers to employment; 5) outline the type of employment restrictions reported by people with mental illness; 6) identify the evidence-based ingredients of employment assistance; 7) identify relevant policy implications; and 8) suggest strategies to improve employment outcomes and career prospects for people with mental illness.

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Influences on the Process of Work Integration: The Consumer Perspective

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Moving Beyond the Illness: Factors Contributing to Gaining and Maintaining Employment

Moving Beyond the Illness: Factors Contributing to Gaining and Maintaining Employment

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

The employment of people with mental illness

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