Seeking and securing work: Individual-level predictors of employment of psychiatric survivors.

摘要: BACKGROUND For people with mental illness (psychiatric survivors), seeking and securing employment involves personal, social, environmental factors. In Canada, psychiatric survivors are under-represented in the workforce, services can help by tailoring their supports to make most gains employment. OBJECTIVE Determine whether individual socio-demographic health factors predict among survivors. METHODS A community sample of from a Southwestern Ontario region participated this study. Stepwise logistic regression was used analyze data 363 participants who had completed variety questionnaires ascertain characteristics outcomes. RESULTS Health service utilization, living circumstances, homelessness, substance use issues, general health, social integration, ethnicity, having children under 18, being student emerged as significant predictors work. Other commonly accepted human capital indicators, such education age, were not predictive search behavior CONCLUSIONS Individual that success outcomes for include aspects related treatment which stands contrast population, suggesting support may need be tailored specifically.