Vocational Outcomes Following Psychosocial Rehabilitation

Issue title: Psychiatric Impairment

Subtitle: A Longitudinal Study of Three Programs

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Rogers, E. Sally^; | Anthony, William A. | Toole, Jean | Brown, Mary Alice

Affiliations: Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts | Community Friendship, Atlanta, Georgia | Laurel Hill Center, Eugene, Oregon

Note: [] This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) (#G0087C0223-88).

Abstract: This article reports on a multisite, longitudinal study of participants in three psychosocial rehabilitation centers. Two hundred seventy-five subjects who identified themselves as having a vocational goal were studied over a three-and-one-half-year period. Demographic and clinical variables were examined, as were vocational outcomes. Subjects who became employed were compared to those who did not, on a variety of demographic and clinical indicators; surprisingly, there were few differences. Base-rate vocational outcomes are suggested for participants in psychosocial rehabilitation centers. Implications of these findings are discussed.

DOI: 10.3233/JVR-1991-1304

Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 21-29, 1991