This integrative review analyses and synthesizes specialized literature of 20 years up to
2017 studying barriers/obstacles to employment for people with severe mental illnesses …

Background Enabling people with severe mental illness to sustain employment remains a
challenge. This is despite most wishing to be employed, and the development of effective …

Current practices of college and career readiness (CCR) emerged from within secondary
school reform efforts. During a similar timeframe, evidence-based schoolwide interventions …

Social support is the everyday assistance offered by family, friends, neighbours and
colleagues, as well as the foundations of support in a range of non-clinical settings, and …

A randomized trial comparing a facility-based Clubhouse (N= 83) to a mobile Program of
Assertive Community Treatment (PACT; N= 84) tested the widely held belief that competitive …

BACKGROUND: When linking the employment rate, retention rate, and the cost of turnover,
the data suggest educators, rehabilitation counselors, and employment providers need to …

Background: Community integration is an important component of recovery for persons with
serious mental illnesses (SMI). However, persons with SMI often experience barriers in …

This study was conducted in order to assess the impact of supported employment services.
A systematic search for recent research articles that assessed the value of supported …

Rehabilitation counselors provide vocational services to consumers living with serious
mental illness (SMI) who have an estimated rate of workforce participation from 10% to 30 …

Background: Community integration and participation are important predictors of successful
rehabilitation and recovery in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI). However …