abstract: 'PurposePersons with severe mental health problems (SMHP) point out

  financial strain as one of their main problems. De-institutionalisation

  in welfare countries has aimed at normalisation of their living

  conditions. The aim of the study was to follow the changes in income and

  source of income during a 10-year period for persons with a first-time

  psychosis diagnosis (FTPD).MethodsData were gathered from different

  registers. Data from persons with FTPD were compared to data on the

  general population. Two groups with different recovery paths were also

  compared: one group without contact with the mental health services

  during the last five consecutive years of the 10-year follow-up, and the

  other with contact with both 24/7 and community-based services during

  the same period.ResultsSMHP led to poverty, even if the financial

  effects of SMHP were attenuated by welfare interventions. Even a

  recovery path associated with work did not resolve the inequalities

  generated by SMHP.ConclusionsAttention should be paid to the risks of

  confusing the effects of poverty with symptoms of SMHP and thus

  pathologizing poverty and its impact on human beings. Adequate

  interventions should consider to improve the financial situation of

  persons with SMHP.'
affiliation: 'Topor, A (Corresponding Author), Stockholm Univ, Dept Social Work, S-10691
  Stockholm, Sweden.

  Topor, A (Corresponding Author), Univ Agder, Dept Mental Hlth Grimstad, Kristiansand,
  Norway.

  Topor, Alain; Stefansson, Claes-Goran; Denhov, Anne; Andersson, Gunnel, Stockholm
  Univ, Dept Social Work, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.

  Topor, Alain, Univ Agder, Dept Mental Hlth Grimstad, Kristiansand, Norway.

  Bulow, Per, Ryhov Cty Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Jonkoping, Sweden.

  Bulow, Per, Jonkoping Univ, Sch Hlth \& Welf, Dept Behav Sci \& Social Work, Jonkoping,
  Sweden.

  Andersson, Gunnel, FoU Sodertorn, Res \& Dev Unit, Doktorsvagen 2, S-14730 Tullinge,
  Sweden.'
author: Topor, Alain and Stefansson, Claes-Goran and Denhov, Anne and Bulow, Per and
  Andersson, Gunnel
author-email: alain.topor@socarb.su.se
author_list:
- family: Topor
  given: Alain
- family: Stefansson
  given: Claes-Goran
- family: Denhov
  given: Anne
- family: Bulow
  given: Per
- family: Andersson
  given: Gunnel
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01655-4
eissn: 1433-9285
files: []
issn: 0933-7954
journal: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
keywords: Psychosis; Poverty; Financial strain; Long-term follow-up; Recovery
keywords-plus: 'MENTAL-HEALTH-CARE; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; POVERTY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; PEOPLE;

  COMMUNITY; SWEDEN; REINSTITUTIONALISATION; EMPLOYMENT; STOCKHOLM'
language: English
month: AUG
number: '8'
number-of-cited-references: '42'
pages: 919-926
papis_id: 10f2f6fe9e0e30f0b2555e731bc07ec3
ref: Topor2019recoveryeconomy
researcherid-numbers: Topor, Alain/AAH-5908-2019
times-cited: '11'
title: 'Recovery and economy; salary and allowances: a 10-year follow-up of income
  for persons diagnosed with first-time psychosis'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000478101400004
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usage-count-since-2013: '3'
volume: '54'
web-of-science-categories: Psychiatry
year: '2019'