WorkOutcomesAfterBenefitsCounseling AmongVeteransApplyingforService ConnectionforaPsychiatricCondition

摘要: Objective: This study’s objective was to determine the efficacy of benefits counseling in a clinical trial. There has been concern that disability payments for psychiatric disorders reduce incentives employment and rehabilitation. Benefits counseling, with education about opportunities work financial implications on receipt benefits, may counter these disincentives. Methods: single-blind, sixmonth randomized trial enrolled 84 veterans who had applied service-connected compensation condition. Veterans were randomly assigned either four sessions or control condition involving orientation U.S Department Affairs health care system services. Days paid work-related activities assessed at follow-up visits by using timeline follow-back calendar. Results: worked pay significantly more days than did group (effect size=.69, p<.05), reflecting an average three during 28 preceding follow-up. associated increased use mental services, but this correlation not mediate effect working. Conclusions: Barriers are remediable basic counseling. More research is needed understand active ingredient strengthen intervention. (Psychiatric Services 65: 1426–1432, 2014; doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300478) A