Vocational Rehabilitation and Mental Health is a practical guide for all members of the healthcare team to implementing effective services leading to sustained career development among people with mental illness. It examines the barriers to employment such as stigma, discrimination and fluctuating health and discusses the evidence underpinning the provision of effective employment services. The book goes on to examine some of the challenges with implementing evidence-based practice and discusses ways to overcome these challenges. THE EDITORS Chris Lloyd has professional qualifications in the field of occupational therapy. Chris has an extensive background in the area of mental health and has worked in a variety of settings with people of different ages anda variety of needs. Her interests lie in the rehabilitation of people with a mental illness, particularly social inclusion, recovery, and vocational rehabilitation. She is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in occupational therapy at the University of Queensland where she teaches mental health to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is the co-author of the 'Handbook of Psychosocial Rehabilitation'. Geoff Waghorn has professional qualifications in thefields of psychology and psychiatry. Geoff has an extensive background in vocational rehabilitation for people with psychiatric disabilities in particular.He has worked for a large provider of Australian Government funded vocationalrehabilitation services. Geoff is currently employed as a Senior Scientist for the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, where he leads the Vocational Rehabilitation stream within the Policy and Economics Group. This researchaims to improve functional recovery and vocational rehabilitation outcomes for people with mental illness. INDICE: 1. Employment of People with Mental Illness. Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd. 2. Evidence Based Practice in Supported Employment. Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd. 3. The Challenge of Integrating Mental Health and Employment Services. Geoff Waghorn, Chris Lloyd, Nikki Porteous. 4. Disclosure of Health Conditions. Chris Lloyd, Geoff Waghorn. 5. Career Counselling for People with Low Career Maturity. Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd. 6. When Motivation for Seeking Vocational Assistance is Unclear. Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd. 7. The Rehabilitation Alliance. Geoff Waghorn, Chris Lloyd, Tara De Souza, Nicole Rampton. 8. Vocation and Recovery. Chris Lloyd and Geoff Waghorn. 9. Work - related Social Skills Training to Improve Job Retention. Hector Tsang. 10. Cognitive Retraining to Improve Work Performance. Kim Mueser, Susan McGurk, Morris Bell. 11. Measuring Work Behaviour to Identify Job Specific Training Needs. Gary Bryson. 12. Measuring work-related Self-efficacy to Identify Task-specific Assistance Needs. Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd. 13. Providing Assistance to Employers. Geoff Waghorn. 14. When Symptoms and Treatment Plans Hinder Vocational Goals. Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd. 15. Supported Education. Chris Lloyd and Geoff Waghorn
- ISBN: 978-1-405-19249-1
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 02/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés