"Placement budgets" for supported employment - improving competitive employment for people with mental illness: study protocol of a multicentre randomized controlled trial

Nordt, Carlos; Brantschen, Elisabeth; Kawohl, Wolfram; Bärtsch, Bettina; Haker, Helene; Rüsch, Nicolas; Rössler, Wulf

doi:10.5167/uzh-65504

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Nordt, C., Brantschen, E., Kawohl, W., Bärtsch, B., Haker, H., Rüsch, N., & Rössler, W. (2012). “Placement budgets” for supported employment - improving competitive employment for people with mental illness: study protocol of a multicentre randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 12, 165. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-12-165

Abstract

Background Vocational integration of people with mental illness is poor despite their willingness to work. The ‘Individual Placement and Support’ (IPS) model which emphasises rapid and direct job placement and continuing support to patient and employer has proven to be the most effective vocational intervention programme. Various studies have shown that every second patient with severe mental illness was able to find competitive employment within 18 months. However, the goal of taking up employment within two months was rarely achieve