Vocational challenges in severe mental illness: A qualitative study in persons with professional degrees.
Professionals
Schizophrenia
Severe mental illness
Vocational challenges
Journal
Asian journal of psychiatry
ISSN: 1876-2026
Titre abrégé: Asian J Psychiatr
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101517820
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2019
Apr 2019
Historique:
received:
22
02
2019
revised:
23
03
2019
accepted:
25
03
2019
pubmed:
7
4
2019
medline:
4
12
2019
entrez:
7
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Employment is a significant stepping stone towards recovery for persons with severe mental illness. In the last two decades there has been increasing focus on obtaining professional courses and degrees for employment in India. To understand the challenges faced by persons with severe mental illness with professional degrees in obtaining and maintaining employment. We interviewed 31 individuals with severe mental illness, who had professional degrees, using qualitative interviews. These interviews explored factors that facilitated as well as those that hindered the process of obtaining and sustaining jobs. Factors that were identified as facilitators for obtaining and maintaining employment included personal strengths, social support, accommodative work environment, disclosure, support from mental health professionals and services. Factors that were identified as hindering for obtaining and maintaining employment included symptoms of the illness, side effects of medications, stigma, poor social support, academic underachievement, disjointed work history, poor workplace environment and specific cultural, gender issues. Factors such as workplace accommodations, creating an environment that is permissive of disclosure, using family support and support from mental health professionals will facilitate employment. Addressing factors that hinder such as stigma, academic under-achievement, improving workplace environments, social support will also be important in vocational recovery.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Employment is a significant stepping stone towards recovery for persons with severe mental illness. In the last two decades there has been increasing focus on obtaining professional courses and degrees for employment in India.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To understand the challenges faced by persons with severe mental illness with professional degrees in obtaining and maintaining employment.
METHODS
METHODS
We interviewed 31 individuals with severe mental illness, who had professional degrees, using qualitative interviews. These interviews explored factors that facilitated as well as those that hindered the process of obtaining and sustaining jobs.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Factors that were identified as facilitators for obtaining and maintaining employment included personal strengths, social support, accommodative work environment, disclosure, support from mental health professionals and services. Factors that were identified as hindering for obtaining and maintaining employment included symptoms of the illness, side effects of medications, stigma, poor social support, academic underachievement, disjointed work history, poor workplace environment and specific cultural, gender issues.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Factors such as workplace accommodations, creating an environment that is permissive of disclosure, using family support and support from mental health professionals will facilitate employment. Addressing factors that hinder such as stigma, academic under-achievement, improving workplace environments, social support will also be important in vocational recovery.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30953884
pii: S1876-2018(19)30169-8
doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2019.03.011
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
48-54Informations de copyright
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