title: Supported Employment for the Reintegration of Disability Pensioners with Mental Illnesses: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
abstract: Work is beneficial for the recovery from mental illness. Although the approach of individual placement and support (IPS) has been shown to be effective in Europe, it has not yet been widely implemented in European health care systems. The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to assess the effectiveness of IPS for disability pensioners with mental illnesses new on disability benefits in Switzerland. In the study at hand, 250 participants were randomly assigned to either the control or the intervention group. The participants in the intervention group received job coaching according to IPS during 2 years. The control group received no structured support. Both groups were interviewed at baseline and followed up every 6 months (baseline, 6, 12, 16, 18, 24 months) for 2 years. Primary outcome was to obtain a job in the competitive employment. IPS was more effective for the reintegration into the competitive employment market for disability pensioners than the control condition. Thirty-two percent of the participants of the intervention group and 12% of the control group obtained new jobs in the competitive employment. IPS is also effective for the reintegration into competitive employment of people with mental illness receiving disability pensions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Centre for Social Psychiatry, University Hospital for Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Viering
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Centre for Social Psychiatry, University Hospital for Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jäger
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Centre for Social Psychiatry, University Hospital for Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bärtsch
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Centre for Social Psychiatry, University Hospital for Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nordt
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Centre for Social Psychiatry, University Hospital for Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; Laboratory of Neuroscience, LIM 27, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Wulf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rössler
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Centre for Social Psychiatry, University Hospital for Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Warnke
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Centre for Social Psychiatry, University Hospital for Psychiatry Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kawohl
keywords: individual placement and support; mental illness; social security disability insurance; supported employment