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Employment and Serious Mental Health Disabilities

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Serious mental illness (SMI) includes a range of mental disorders characterized by symptoms and impairments that are severe enough, and of a long enough duration, to significantly interfere with the capacity to function and adapt in important domains of daily life (Kelly 2002). SMI is not diagnostic specific, although it often includes mental disorders in which psychosis is a prevalent feature (for example, schizophrenia). A broader range of mental disorders would be included in the categorization of serious mental illness if they had a significant and long-standing impact on daily activities and social participation.

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  1. School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Louise D. Acton Building, Room 200, 31 George Street, Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6

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  1. Department of Educational and Counsellin, Special Needs, University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Hall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada

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  2. Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitati, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, 940 Commonwealth Ave. West, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA

    E. Sally Rogers

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Krupa, T. (2011). Employment and Serious Mental Health Disabilities. In: Schultz, I., Rogers, E. (eds) Work Accommodation and Retention in Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0428-7_5

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