Vocational Rehabilitation and Mental Health

THE EDITORSChris Lloyd has professional qualifications in the field of occupational therapy. Chris has an extensive background in the area of mental health and has worked in a variety of settings with people of different ages and a variety of needs. Her interests lie in the rehabilitation of people with a mental illness, particularly social inclusion, recovery, and vocational rehabilitation. She is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in occupational therapy at the University of Queensland where she teaches mental health to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is the co-author of the 'Handbook of Psychosocial Rehabilitation'. Geoff Waghorn has professional qualifications in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. Geoff has an extensive background in vocational rehabilitation for people with psychiatric disabilities in particular. He has worked for a large provider of Australian Government funded vocational rehabilitation services. Geoff is currently employed as a Senior Scientist for the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, where he leads the Vocational Rehabilitation stream within the Policy and Economics Group. This research aims to improve functional recovery and vocational rehabilitation outcomes for people with mental illness.

• Contributors viiPreface xi1 Employment and people with mental illness 1Geoff Waghorn and Chris Lloyd2 Evidence-based supported employment 19Chris Lloyd3 The successes and challenges of integrating mental health and employment services 33Samson Tse and Nikki Porteous4 Reducing employers’ stigma by supported employment 51Hector W.H. Tsang, Mandy W.M. Fong, Kelvin M.T. Fung and Patrick W. Corrigan5 Motivational interviewing 65Chris Lloyd and Robert King6 When motivation for vocational assistance is unclear 79Terry Krupa7 Therapeutic alliance in vocational rehabilitation 95Frank P. Deane, Trevor P. Crowe and Lindsay G. Oades8 The importance of vocation in recovery for young people with mental illness 115Chris Lloyd and Geoff Waghorn9 Employment and early psychosis 135Niall Turner10 Work-related social skills and job retention 157Hector W.H. Tsang and Sally M.Y. Li11 When symptoms and treatments hinder vocational recovery 173Terry Krupa12 Supported education 187Chris Lloyd and Samson Tse13 Managing personal information in supported employment for people with mental illness 201Geoff Waghorn and Christine E. SpowartIndex 211