Mental Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
Rehabilitation, Vocational, Virtues, Employment, supported, veterans, Mentally Ill Persons
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of USES, a strengths-based enhancement to supported employment (SE), as compared to supported employment alone.
Detailed description
The objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of supported employment plus Using Strengths in Employment Services (USES), an enhancement to supported employment that seeks to identify and increase the use of personal strengths, as compared to supported employment alone, for veterans with severe mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders. We hypothesize that rates of competitive employment will be greater in the experimental group than the control group. We also expect that individuals in the USES group will have greater job tenure, and will show greater improvements in recovery measures such as empowerment, self-efficacy and self-esteem.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSupported Employment
BEHAVIORALUsing Strengths in Employment System (USES)
Sponsors
US Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Veteran * Unemployed * Referred by clinician to SE services * Able to provide informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| job tenure (cumulative throughout course of study) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| empowerment | — |
| self-efficacy | — |
| self-esteem | — |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed