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266 IV. PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENTKEY POINTS• Many people with schizophrenia want to work in regular community jobs with competitivewages.• Supported employment has a strong research base.• Individualized and comprehensive benefits planning enables people to make informed decisionsabout working, and leads to more people working and earning more wages.• The goal is a competitive job that is “owned” by the person and based on his or her preferences,experiences, and skills.• The job search begins soon after a client expresses an interest in working, and at a pacethat is comfortable for that person.• Individualized job supports are provided by the employment specialist and the mentalhealth treatment team for as long as necessary.REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READINGSAnthony, W. A., & Blanch, A. (1987). Supported employment for persons who are psychiatrically disabled:An historical and conceptual perspective. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 11(2), 5–23.Bailey, J. (1998). I’m just an ordinary person. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 22(1), 8–10.Becker, D. R., & Bond, G. R. (Eds.). (2004). Supported employment implementation resource kit.Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesAdministration. Available online at www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/communitysupport/toolkits/employment/Becker, D. R., & Drake, R. E. (2003). A working life for people with severe mental illness. New York:Oxford University Press.Becker, D. R., Drake, R. E., & Naughton, W. J. (2005). Supported employment for people with cooccurringdisorders. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 28(4), 332–338.Becker, D. R., Torrey, W. C., Toscano, R., Wyzik, P. F., & Fox, T. S. (1998). Building recovery-orientedservices: Lessons from implementing IPS in community mental health centers. Psychiatric RehabilitationJournal, 22(1), 51–54.Bond, G. R. (2004). Supported employment: Evidence for an evidence-based practice. Psychiatric RehabilitationJournal, 27(4), 345–359.Bond, G. R. (2007). Review of randomized controlled trials of supported employment for people withsevere mental illness. Unpublished manuscript, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis.Bond, G. R., Becker, D. R., Drake, R. E., Rapp, C. A., Meisler, N., Lehman, A.F., et al. (2001). Implementingsupported employment as an evidence-based practice. Psychiatric Services, 52(3), 313–322.Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., & Becker, D. R. (in press). An update on randomized controlled trials of evidence-basedsupported employment. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.Bond, G. R., & Jones, A. (2005). Supported employment. In R. E. Drake, M. R. Merrens, & D. W.Lynde (Eds.), Evidence-based mental health practice: A textbook (pp. 367–394). New York:Norton.Bond, G. R., Resnick, S. G., Drake, R. E., Xie, H., McHugo, G. J., & Bebout, R. R. (2001). Does competitiveemployment improve nonvocational outcomes for people with severe mental illness?Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 489–501.Cook, J., & Razzano, L. (2000). Vocational rehabilitation for persons with schizophrenia: Recent researchand implications for practice. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 26, 87–103.Gowdy, E. A., Carlson, L. S., & Rapp, C. A. (2003). Practices differentiating high-performing from lowperformingsupported employment programs. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 26, 232–239.MacDonald-Wilson, K., Rogers, E. S., Massaro, J., Lyass, A., & Crean, T. (2002). An investigation ofreasonable workplace accommodations for people with psychiatric disabilities: Quantitativefindings from a multi-site study. Community Mental Health Journal, 38(1), 35–50.