Abstract
The literature on employment outcomes for persons with severe mental illness is updated, suggesting seven problem areas needing research attention. Basic questions such as the availability of vocational programs and their efficacy have been incompletely answered. Conceptual and methodological problems relating to sample definition, program implementation, and measurement of outcome continue to impede comparison between studies. The supported employment movement has helped rejuvenate interest and optimism in the vocational potential of persons with severe mental illness, while posing new research questions. A process perspective is offered as one framework for research.
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