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ArticleThe journal of behavioral health services & research2019

Self-Employment for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: Advantages and Strategies.

Laysha Ostrow, Patricia B Nemec, Carina Smith

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Article in The journal of behavioral health services & research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laysha OstrowLive & Learn, Inc., Morro Bay, CA, USA. laysha@livelearninc.net.ORCID 0000-0003-3481-0565
Patricia B NemecNemec Consulting, Warner, NH, USA.
Carina SmithLive & Learn, Inc., Morro Bay, CA, USA.
Lear (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-employment is an alternative to wage employment and an opportunity to increase labor force participation by people with psychiatric disabilities. Self-employment refers to individuals who work for themselves, either as an unincorporated sole proprietor or through ownership of a business. Advantages of self-employment for people with psychiatric disabilities, who may have disrupted educational and employment histories, include opportunities for self-care, additional earning, and career choice. Self-employment fits within a recovery paradigm because of the value placed on individual preferences, and the role of resilience and perseverance in business ownership. Self-employment creates many new US jobs, but remains only a small percentage of employment closures for people with psychiatric disabilities, despite vocational rehabilitation and Social Security disability policies that encourage it. This commentary elucidates the positive aspects of self-employment in the context of employment challenges experienced by individuals with psychiatric disabilities and provides recommendations based on larger trends in entrepreneurship.

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EmploymentEntrepreneurshipHumansMental DisordersPersons with DisabilitiesSelf EfficacySocial SecurityUnited StatesWork

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PMID29845512
OpenAlexW2806454869

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