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Evidence-Based Supported Employment for Individuals With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Sapana R. Patel, Ph.D. [email protected], Rhea La Fleur, M.A., Paul J. Margolies, Ph.D., H. Blair Simpson, M.D., Ph.D., Lisa B. Dixon, M.D., M.P.H., Robert W. Myers, Ph.D., Gary R. Bond, Ph.D., and Robert E. Drake, M.D., Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 75, Number 4
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230075
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Abstract

Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a chronic and disabling psychiatric disorder, experience high rates of occupational impairment. OCD symptoms commonly affect individuals’ vocational aspirations and result in disability and the need for financial support, problems that are not addressed by current clinical practice guideline recommendations for treating OCD. This Open Forum highlights the need to address occupational impairment caused by OCD and makes the case for formally evaluating whether evidence-based supported employment can help individuals with OCD find and succeed in meaningful work.

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Volume 75 • Number 4 • April 01, 2024
Pages: 381 - 383
PubMed: 38018152

History

Received: 16 February 2023
Revision received: 1 September 2023
Accepted: 22 September 2023
Published online: 29 November 2023
Published in print: April 01, 2024

Keywords

  1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  2. Recovery
  3. Supported employment

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Sapana R. Patel, Ph.D. [email protected]
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (Patel, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon, Drake); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Patel, La Fleur, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon); New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany (Myers); Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Bond, Drake).
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Rhea La Fleur, M.A.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (Patel, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon, Drake); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Patel, La Fleur, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon); New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany (Myers); Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Bond, Drake).
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Paul J. Margolies, Ph.D.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (Patel, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon, Drake); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Patel, La Fleur, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon); New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany (Myers); Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Bond, Drake).
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H. Blair Simpson, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (Patel, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon, Drake); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Patel, La Fleur, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon); New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany (Myers); Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Bond, Drake).
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Lisa B. Dixon, M.D., M.P.H.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (Patel, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon, Drake); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Patel, La Fleur, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon); New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany (Myers); Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Bond, Drake).
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Robert W. Myers, Ph.D.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (Patel, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon, Drake); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Patel, La Fleur, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon); New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany (Myers); Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Bond, Drake).
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Gary R. Bond, Ph.D.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (Patel, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon, Drake); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Patel, La Fleur, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon); New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany (Myers); Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Bond, Drake).
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Robert E. Drake, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City (Patel, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon, Drake); Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Patel, La Fleur, Margolies, Simpson, Dixon); New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany (Myers); Westat, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Bond, Drake).
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Notes

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

Author Contributions

Dr. Dixon is Editor of Psychiatric Services. Editor Emeritus Howard H. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., served as decision editor on the manuscript.

Competing Interests

Dr. Simpson reports receiving royalties from Cambridge University Press and UpToDate and a stipend from the American Medical Association for serving as associate editor of JAMA Psychiatry. The other authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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