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Beyond Schizophrenia
Living and Working with a Serious Mental Illness
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2016
Summary
The experience of living and working with schizophrenia is often fraught with challenges and setbacks. This book is a comprehensive attempt to explain why, in spite of near-miraculous advances in medication and treatment, persons with mental illness fare worse than almost any other disadvantaged group in the labor market. As a researcher of economics and disability and the mother of a son with schizophrenia, the author speaks from both professional and personal experience. First, she looks at societal factors that affect employment outcomes for persons with schizophrenia (or other serious mental illness), including stigma and discrimination, investments in human capital, the quality of mental health services, and the support of family and friends. Then she examines workplace factors that affect employment outcomes, including employer mandates in the Americans with Disabilities Act, the decision to disclose a diagnosis of mental illness at work, the interaction between job demands and functional limitations, and job accommodations for persons with a serious mental illness. Giving weight to both perspectives, the final chapter outlines a set of policy recommendations designed to improve employment outcomes for this population.
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Copyright year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-4833-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-4834-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
237
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 A Disease Unlike Any Other No access
2 The Mark of Schizophrenia No access
3 Life Interrupted No access
4 The Supply of Mental Health Services No access
5 Default Caregivers No access
6 Work First No access
7 The Disclosure Predicament No access
8 Finding a Good Job Match No access
9 Job Accommodations for Workers with SMI No access
10 Beyond Schizophrenia No access
11 Toward a More Rational Mental Health Policy No access
