["REGRATIO" - A vocational reintegration project for psychiatric patients]
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Helga Waschkowski1, Josef Bailer, Sabine Fischer
1Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, J5, Mannheim, Germany.
Objective:
Theoretical background and first results of a vocational rehabilitation program for unemployed persons with chronic psychiatric disabilities will be presented. The aim of the program is job-placement in the regular labour market.
Methods:
After a 3-month preparatory period the participants were given the possibility of "training on-the-job" in the areas of social services, catering, and care taking activities in 12-months' rehabilitation reintegration courses in co-operation with a social service centre. In addition, a 6-months aftercare period will be included.
Results:
More than one third of 34 participants (38 %) were placed in a regular employment.
Conclusions:
The results support the importance of vocational rehabilitation programs as a supplementary component of the care system of chronic mentally ill patients.
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