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Employment status, aspirations and perceptions of support amongst psychiatric users in Pavia, Italy

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posted on 2023-07-26, 12:48 authored by Irene Cirillo, Pierluigi Politi, Elisa Rampa, Jenny Secker, Franca Brasia, Anna Severino
Aims – To describe the employment status of people using mental health service in Pavia, Italy; to explore their employment aspirations and perceptions of support to achieve these; and to test the feasibility of working with service users as researchers. Method – Face to face interviews carried out by two service user researchers with a consecutive sample of 200 service users attending the local psychiatric outpatient department using a translated version of a questionnaire developed for previous UK surveys. Results – A higher proportion of survey participants (42.5%) were in paid work compared to the UK, but 62.4% of those in work were dissatisfied with their employment. Amongst unemployed participants, 65.2% were interested in gaining employment but only 29.3% were receiving support to do so. Support was mainly limited to referral on to a generic disability organisation. The service user researchers carried out the survey to a high standard and reported benefits from undertaking the work. Conclusions – The results indicate a need in Pavia for specialist employment support using the Individual Placement and Support approach. Further development of service user involvement in research is indicated.

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Volume

18

Issue number

1

Page range

40-47

Publication title

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

ISSN

2045-7979

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Cambridge University Press

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  • other

Legacy posted date

2011-08-18

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (until September 2018)

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