title: Work life after psychosis: A detailed examination.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Conducting research on the work outcomes of first episode psychosis (FEP) samples may extend our understanding of the factors associated with the work outcome of people with schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a detailed study of the work outcome of an FEP sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  Members of a FEP cohort, who had completed a 12-year clinical outcome assessment, were invited to participate in an adjunctive work outcome study. Engagement in paid and non-paid work was first established and the relationship with potentially influential baseline characteristics investigated. Subsequently the influence of work outcome to participants' level of quality of life, mental health, recovery, and social inclusion were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 38 participants the mean percentage of time spent in work was 62% of which 50% was in paid work and 12% was in non-paid work. Being employed at inception was the only independent predictor of the duration of the follow-up period spent in work. Relationships between work outcome and all measures of wellbeing were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The paid and non-paid work attained by people affected by a psychotic illness played an important role in the extent of their wellbeing, recovery, and social inclusion.
authors.affiliation: DETECT Early Intervention for Psychosis Service, Dublin, Ireland.|Department of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Niall
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Mahony
authors.affiliation: DETECT Early Intervention for Psychosis Service, Dublin, Ireland.|School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: DETECT Early Intervention for Psychosis Service, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Felicity
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fanning
authors.affiliation: DETECT Early Intervention for Psychosis Service, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Conall
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larkin
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waddington
authors.affiliation: DETECT Early Intervention for Psychosis Service, Dublin, Ireland.|School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Eadbhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: O'Callaghan
authors.affiliation: DETECT Early Intervention for Psychosis Service, Dublin, Ireland.|School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D012929:Psychological Distance; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Employment; quality of life; recovery; schizophrenia; social inclusion