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'Earning and learning' in those with psychotic disorders: the second Australian national survey of psychosis
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Waghorn, G and Saha, S and Harvey, C and Morgan, VA and Waterreus, A and Bush, R and Castle, D and Galletly, C and Stain, HJ and Neil, AL and McGorry, P and McGrath, JJ, 'Earning and learning' in those with psychotic disorders: the second Australian national survey of psychosis, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46, (8) pp. 774-785. ISSN 0004-8674 (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2012 Sage Publications
DOI: doi:10.1177/0004867412452015
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
Participation in mainstream education and employment facilitates both the recovery and the social inclusion of people with psychotic disorders. As part of the second Australian survey of psychosis, we assessed labour force activity and participation in formal education among working age adults with psychotic disorders.
METHOD:
Data were drawn from a large national community prevalence survey of adults with psychotic disorders. Known as the Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP), it was conducted in seven Australian catchment areas during March to December 2010. Current and past year labour force activity, current employment, past year participation in formal education and vocational training, and key clinical and demographic characteristics were examined in a sample of 1825 participants.
RESULTS:
Only 22.4% of people with psychotic disorders were found to be employed (either full-time or part-time) in the month prior to the survey. In the previous 12 months, 32.7% were employed at some time. Of those in competitive employment, the majority worked part-time (63.9%), while a quarter worked 38 or more hours per week (23.4%). In terms of educational attainment, 18.4% reported difficulties with reading or writing, while 31.9% completed high school, which represents 12 years of formal education.
CONCLUSIONS:
The proportion currently employed has remained stable at 22% since the last national survey in 1997. Policy makers and service providers could do more to ensure people with psychotic disorders obtain access to more effective forms of assistance with respect to both their continuing education and employment. More effective vocational and educational interventions for people with psychotic disorders appear to be urgently needed.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Educational attainment, employment, labour force activity, psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, severe mental illness |
| Research Division: | Medical and Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Public Health and Health Services |
| Research Field: | Mental Health |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) |
| Objective Field: | Mental Health |
| UTAS Author: | Neil, AL (Dr Amanda Neil) |
| ID Code: | 93273 |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 59 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2014-07-24 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-06 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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