Open AccessEconomic Impacts of Supported Employment for Persons with Severe Mental Illness
Author(s) -
Éric Latimer
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the canadian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1497-0015
pISSN - 0706-7437
DOI - 10.1177/070674370104600603
Subject(s) - vocational education , mental illness , supported employment , mental health , earnings , government (linguistics) , revenue , assertive community treatment , business , payment , service (business) , medicine , actuarial science , psychiatry , economics , finance , economic growth , marketing , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , engineering , linguistics , philosophy
Most persons with severe mental illness prefer competitive to sheltered vocational settings. Supported employment (SE) has become a clearly defined model for helping people with severe mental illness to find and maintain competitive jobs. It involves individualized and rapid placement, ongoing support and assessment, and integration of vocational and mental health staff within a single clinical team. Previous studies show that SE secures competitive employment much more effectively than do other approaches. This review focuses on its economic impacts.
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