abstract: 'Background: 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.

  Methods: 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.

  Results: 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.

  Conclusions: 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.'
affiliation: 'Falkum, E (Corresponding Author), Oslo Univ Hosp, Dept Res \& Dev, Oslo,
  Norway.

  Falkum, E (Corresponding Author), Univ Oslo, Inst Clin Med, Oslo, Norway.

  Falkum, Erik; Klungsoyr, Ole; Lystad, June Ullevoldsaeter; Bull, Helen Christine;
  Evensen, Stig; Martinsen, Egil W.; Friis, Svein; Ueland, Torill, Oslo Univ Hosp,
  Dept Res \& Dev, Oslo, Norway.

  Falkum, Erik; Martinsen, Egil W.; Friis, Svein, Univ Oslo, Inst Clin Med, Oslo,
  Norway.

  Ueland, Torill, Univ Oslo, Inst Psychol, Oslo, Norway.'
article-number: '24'
author: Falkum, Erik and Klungsoyr, Ole and Lystad, June Ullevoldsaeter and Bull,
  Helen Christine and Evensen, Stig and Martinsen, Egil W. and Friis, Svein and Ueland,
  Torill
author-email: erik.falkum@medisin.uio.no
author_list:
- family: Falkum
  given: Erik
- family: Klungsoyr
  given: Ole
- family: Lystad
  given: June Ullevoldsaeter
- family: Bull
  given: Helen Christine
- family: Evensen
  given: Stig
- family: Martinsen
  given: Egil W.
- family: Friis
  given: Svein
- family: Ueland
  given: Torill
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1183-0
eissn: 1471-244X
files: []
journal: BMC PSYCHIATRY
keywords: 'Vocational rehabilitation; Psychotic disorders; Barriers to work;

  Collaboration; Individual support'
keywords-plus: 'RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY;

  QUALITY-OF-LIFE; SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA-PATIENTS;

  PSYCHIATRIC-DIAGNOSIS; WORK; OUTCOMES; REMEDIATION; INTERVIEW'
language: English
month: JAN 17
number-of-cited-references: '56'
orcid-numbers: Ueland, Torill/0000-0002-8638-1152
papis_id: 93ffbf7e4f95a6876b261335614f6bd8
ref: Falkum2017vocationalrehabilita
researcherid-numbers: Ueland, Torill/AAO-1277-2021
times-cited: '17'
title: Vocational rehabilitation for adults with psychotic disorders in a Scandinavian
  welfare society
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000394384300006
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '5'
volume: '17'
web-of-science-categories: Psychiatry
year: '2017'