Mental Health and Employment

What Have We Learnt About Mental Health and Employment?

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Framework Feature he last time the Mental Health Review focused on employment was over four years ago, in December 2001 (Boardman, 2001). In the intervening years interest in mental health and employment has grown apace, fuelled in part by the Social Exclusion Unit's report on mental health and social exclusion (ODPM, 2004) and the government's Pathways to Work pilots aimed at supporting incapacity benefit recipients back to work.That growing interest was noted by the editors at Radcliffe Publishing who invited us to submit an outline for a new book drawing together UK and international research and practice evidence with the experience of service users.

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“…Framework Feature he last time the Mental Health Review focused on employment was over four years ago, in December 2001 (Boardman, 2001). In the intervening years interest in mental health and employment has grown apace, fuelled in part by the Social Exclusion Unit's report on mental health and social exclusion (ODPM, 2004) and the government's Pathways to Work pilots aimed at supporting incapacity benefit recipients back to work.…”