[Rehabilitation and participation in work, employment and education for people with severe mental diseases : Refine established aspects and integrate new aspects].

Work and employment have a long tradition in psychiatric psychotherapeutic treatment and are of great importance for the rehabilitation process of the people affected. Education as an essential component of promotion of rehabilitation and participation was initially given less consideration in this context, although its importance for young people is very high, particularly in connection with incipient mental illnesses.. Based on the available scientific evidence and against the background of the current health and sociopolitical challenges in Germany, opportunities for the occupational integration of people with mental illnesses are highlighted. Oriented to the sociolegal situation, some successfully implemented regional models are described as examples and the necessary implications for their nationwide transfer to the standard care context are addressed. In a future care system rehabilitation and participation support should be closely interlinked, harmonized and coordinated and form part of a regional care obligation to ensure that the treatment and participation needs of people with severe mental illness are met.