Executive Summary of Findings from the Employment Intervention Demonstration Program

 October 2005 Executive Summary of Findings from the Employment Intervention Demonstration ProgramOver the past several decades, research from a variety of fields has presented powerful evidence of the importance of employment to people with psychiatric disabilities. Many people with severe and persistent mental illness not only want to work, but they can also successfully participate in the labor market in a variety of competitive jobs. Researchers also have explored the benefits of work to individuals with mental illness in terms of alleviation of poverty, therapeutic gain, and improvement in quality of life. Society also benefits through reduction in the use . . .