Trial reportSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2009
Working with mental health problems: clients' experiences of IPS, vocational rehabilitation and employment.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for obtaining and maintaining employment in adults with severe mental illness, a network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- "Balancing on Skates on the Icy Surface of Work": a metasynthesis of work participation for persons with psychiatric disabilities.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Pooled it
- The relationships between employment, clinical status, and psychiatric hospitalisation in patients with schizophrenia receiving either IPS or a conventional vocational rehabilitation programme.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2012Trial
- Clients' views and experiences of individual placement and support: an employment program for people in treatment for substance use.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Work re-entry and functioning in people with major depression: a longitudinal study of supported employment participants.BMC psychiatry · 2025Observational
- From outsider to participant: a qualitative study about attaining and retaining work among persons with mental illness.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Healthcare professionals' perceptions of the contributions of rehabilitation coordinators to patients in Swedish psychiatric care: a qualitative descriptive study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Conceptualising the social in mental health and work capability: implications of medicalised framing in the UK welfare system.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Experiences of individuals with serious mental disorders in regular employment through the Individual Placement and Support model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- How do supported employment programs work? Answers from a systematic literature review.International journal for educational and vocational guidance · 2023Article
- "I Felt Supported by the Peers in My Group": Analyzing Experiences of Youths with Mental Health Challenges of a Supported Employment Program in Canada.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Article
- The attitudes of mental health professionals on the employability of people with mental illness: A different view limiting employment rehabilitation.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
- Fit for Work and Life-an eight-week program for improvement of functionality and quality of life : A two-stage study.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2022Review
- Evaluation of an implementation strategy for Individual Placement and Support in the Netherlands: a 30-month observational study.BMC psychiatry · 2022Observational
- "It's a Big Family Here." Becoming and Belonging in a Service Providing Employment-Related Support for People with Mental Health Problems: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
- YESS: A feasibility study of a supported employment program for youths with mental health disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- An Integrative Review of Recovery Services to Improve the Lives of Adults Living with Severe Mental Illness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Experiences with Individual Placement and Support and employment - a qualitative study among clients and employment specialists.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Clinical and Socio-demographic Variables Associated with the Outcome of Vocational Rehabilitation Programs: A Community-Based Italian Study.Community mental health journal · 2020Article
- Recovery services and expectation of consumers and mental health professionals in community-based residential facilities of Ghana.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough the effectiveness of individual placement and support (IPS) has been well established, little is known about clients' perceptions of the model compared to usual vocational rehabilitation, nor about their experiences of searching for and returning to work with this kind of support. This qualitative study aimed to explore clients' views of the difficulties of obtaining and maintaining employment, their experiences of the support received from their IPS or Vocational Service workers and the perceived impact of work on clients' lives.
methodSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 48 people with psychotic disorders participating in a six-centre international randomised controlled trial of IPS compared to usual vocational rehabilitation. To assess their experiences of the services and the perceived effects of working, two IPS and two Vocational Service clients at each centre who had found work during the study period were interviewed, along with two IPS and two Vocational Service clients at each centre who had not.
resultsIPS clients reported having received more help seeking and maintaining employment, whereas Vocational Service clients reported having received more help in finding sheltered employment or placements. Clients who had worked associated this with financial stability, improved social lives, increased self-esteem, integration into society and amelioration of their symptoms, as well as reduced feelings of boredom and isolation, but also reported increased levels of stress. IPS clients as well as Vocational Service ones reported not receiving enough follow-up support, despite this being proposed as a key feature of the model.
conclusionFindings from the in-depth interviews reflect differences in service models that have also been tested quantitatively but further work in disaggregating the IPS model and assessing the impact of each component would be valuable.
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