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ArticleCommunity mental health journal2022

The Benefits and Challenges of Employment for Working Professionals Diagnosed with Mental Illness.

Marta Elliott, Jordan C Reuter

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Article in Community mental health journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marta ElliottUniversity of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., Mail Stop 300, Reno, NV, 89557, USA. melliott@unr.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1738-9887
Jordan C ReuterUniversity of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., Mail Stop 300, Reno, NV, 89557, USA.
University of Nevada, Reno · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore how professional employment impacts mental health among people with mental illness, and how having a mental illness impacts job performance, both positively and negatively. The research is based on in-depth interview data from 56 professionals diagnosed with mental illness, and the interview transcripts are analyzed in accordance with the flexible coding model of qualitative data analysis. We find that working conditions of professional jobs pose challenges to managing symptoms of mental illness, including the pressures of responsibility and exposure to secondary trauma. However, professional employment also provides benefits such as social connections and feeling accountable. Similarly, symptoms cause problems at work like having angry outbursts, yet experience with mental illness informs job performance such as by increasing empathy with others. We use these findings to recommend new directions for research and argue for inclusion of people with mental illness in the workplace.

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EmploymentMental DisordersHumansMental HealthOccupationsWorkplaceBenefitsChallengesEmploymentMental illnessProfessionals

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PMID34244866
OpenAlexW3180275931

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