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Abstract

Many people with serious mental disorders want to work. Individual placement and support (IPS), an evidence-based program that helps such individuals find and maintain jobs of their choice, has spread steadily across the United States (which has more than 1,000 IPS programs) and to at least 19 other countries during the past 20 years. Four factors explain the program’s success. First, IPS is client-centered—IPS specialists follow their clients’ preferences regarding issues such as type of employment, style of job search, and type of job support needed. Second, research has undergirded IPS’s evolution, helping to refine its effectiveness. Third, support from private foundations and federal agencies has helped to foster implementation, research, and dissemination efforts. Fourth, an international learning community has consolidated cooperation among stakeholders and mental health and vocational rehabilitation agencies and has facilitated continuous quality improvement through data sharing and extensive interactions.

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Psychiatric Services
Pages: 1075 - 1077
PubMed: 32746714

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Received: 13 March 2020
Revision received: 17 April 2020
Accepted: 29 April 2020
Published online: 4 August 2020
Published in print: October 01, 2020

Keywords

  1. Psychosocial rehabilitation
  2. Individual placement and support (IPS)
  3. Employment
  4. Schizophrenia

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Robert E. Drake, M.D., Ph.D. [email protected]
IPS Employment Center, Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Deborah R. Becker, M.Ed., C.R.C.
IPS Employment Center, Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Gary R. Bond, Ph.D.
IPS Employment Center, Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

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Send correspondence to Dr. Drake ([email protected]).

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The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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