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Published Online: 1 May 2011

Enrollment in Supported Employment Services for Clients With a Co-occurring Disorder

Rochelle L. Frounfelker, M.P.H., M.S.S.W. [email protected], Sandra M. Wilkniss, Ph.D. [email protected], Gary R. Bond, Ph.D., Timothy S. Devitt, Psy.D., and Robert E. Drake, M.D., Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 62, Number 5
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.5.pss6205_0545
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Abstract

Objective:

People with serious mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders are often excluded from vocational services, despite the lack of evidence that having a substance use disorder prevents them from being able to work. This study explored enrollment in supported employment services among clients with and without co-occurring substance use disorders.

Methods:

With data from electronic medical records from a psychiatric rehabilitation agency, relationships between co-occurring substance use disorders and supported employment were examined among 1,748 clients with serious mental illnesses who were consecutively admitted to the agency over a two-year period.

Results:

Despite a similar interest in employment, clients with a co-occurring substance use disorder were 52% less likely than those without to enroll in a supported employment program. Those who were enrolled had similar competitive employment rates (25% for those with co-occurring disorders and 28% for those without).

Conclusions:

People with co-occurring substance disorders have reduced rates of enrollment in supported employment services. (Psychiatric Services 62:545–547, 2011)

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Table 1 Characteristics of persons with a serious mental illness with or without a co-occurring substance use disorder who were or were not enrolled in a supported employment program

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Psychiatric Services
Volume 62 • Number 5 • May 2011
Pages: 545 - 547
PubMed: 21532083

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Published online: 1 May 2011
Published in print: May 2011

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Rochelle L. Frounfelker, M.P.H., M.S.S.W. [email protected]
Ms. Frounfelker, Dr. Wilkniss, and Dr. Devitt are affiliated with the Thresholds Institute, Thresholds Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centers, 4101 North Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Sandra M. Wilkniss, Ph.D. [email protected]
Ms. Frounfelker, Dr. Wilkniss, and Dr. Devitt are affiliated with the Thresholds Institute, Thresholds Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centers, 4101 North Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613 (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Gary R. Bond, Ph.D.
Dr. Bond and Dr. Drake are with the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
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Timothy S. Devitt, Psy.D.
Dr. Bond and Dr. Drake are with the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
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Robert E. Drake, M.D., Ph.D.
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