Beyond Schizophrenia - Living and Working With a Serious Mental Illness

Despite major advances in medication and treatment, persons with serious mental illness have substantially worse employment outcomes than other disadvantaged groups. This book explains the factors that impact the employment of those with mental illnesses and provides guidance for overcoming obstacles, from both employer and employee perspectives.

Table des matières

Part I. Living with Schizophrenia
1: Everything Bad is Good Again
2: That Could Be My Son
3: Hell No!
4: We Can't Do Anything
5: What Am I Doing Here?
Part II. Working with Schizophrenia
6: Happy Un-Birthday
7: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
8: Saved My Life
9: A Long Way from Paris
10: Always More Miracles
11: it
12: Epilogue

A propos de l'auteur

By Marjorie L. Baldwin

Résumé

Despite major advances in medication and treatment, persons with serious mental illness have substantially worse employment outcomes than other disadvantaged groups. This book explains the factors that impact the employment of those with mental illnesses and provides guidance for overcoming obstacles, from both employer and employee perspectives.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marjorie Baldwin, Marjorie L Baldwin, Marjorie L. Baldwin, Baldwin Marjorie L.
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 25.03.2016
• EAN: 9781442248335
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4833-5
• Pages: 256
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Psychologie > Psychologie théorique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Care of the mentally ill, Disability: social aspects, Care of people with mental health issues