title: Vocational rehabilitation for adults with psychotic disorders in a Scandinavian welfare society.
abstract: This study examined the outcomes of a vocational rehabilitation program (The Job Management Program, JUMP) for persons with psychotic disorders based on close collaboration between health and welfare services.
  
  
  
  Participants (N = 148) with broad schizophrenia spectrum disorders (age 18-65) were recruited from six counties in Norway. Three counties were randomized to vocational rehabilitation augmented with cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), while the remaining three counties were randomized to vocational rehabilitation augmented with cognitive remediation (CR). This paper compares the vocational activity of the total group of JUMP participants with a treatment as usual group (N = 341), and further examines differences between the two JUMP interventions. Employment status (working/not working) was registered at the time of inclusion and at the end of the intervention period.
  
  
  
  The total number of JUMP participants in any kind of vocational activity increased from 17 to 77% during the intervention. Of these, 8% had competitive employment, 36% had work placements in ordinary workplaces with social security benefits as their income, and 33% had sheltered work. The total number of working participants in the TAU group increased from 15.5 to 18.2%. The JUMP group showed significant improvements of positive (t = -2.33, p = 0.02) and general (t = -2.75, p = 0.007) symptoms of psychosis. Significant differences between the CBT and CR interventions were not demonstrated.
  
  
  
  The study supports existing evidence that the majority of persons with broad schizophrenia spectrum disorders can cope with some kind of work, given that internal and external barriers are reduced. Those who wish to work should be offered vocational rehabilitation.
  
  
  
  ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01139502 . Registered on 6 February 2010.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. erik.falkum@medisin.uio.no.|Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. erik.falkum@medisin.uio.no.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falkum
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Klungsøyr
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: June Ullevoldsæter
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Lystad
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Helen Christine
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Stig
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Egil W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Martinsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Svein
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Friis
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Development, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.|Institute of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Torill
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueland
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004651:Employment / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011897:Random Allocation; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Barriers to work; Collaboration; Individual support; Psychotic disorders; Vocational rehabilitation