Journal article
'Earning and learning' in those with psychotic disorders: The second Australian national survey of psychosis
G Waghorn, S Saha, C Harvey, VA Morgan, A Waterreus, R Bush, D Castle, C Galletly, HJ Stain, AL Neil, P McGorry, JJ McGrath
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | Published : 2012
Abstract
Objective: Participation in mainstream education and employment facilitates both the recovery and the social inclusion of people with psychotic disorders. As part of the second Australian survey of psychosis, we assessed labour force activity and participation in formal education among working age adults with psychotic disorders. Method: Data were drawn from a large national community prevalence survey of adults with psychotic disorders. Known as the Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP), it was conducted in seven Australian catchment areas during March to December 2010. Current and past year labour force activity, current employment, past year participation in formal education and vocation..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This publication is based on data collected in the framework of the 2010 Australian National Survey of High Impact Psychosis. Members of the Survey of High Impact Psychosis Study Group are: V Morgan (Project Director); A Jablensky (Chief Scientific Advisor); A Waterreus (Project Coordinator); A Mackinnon (Statistician); R Bush, D Castle, M Cohen, C Galletly, C Harvey, P McGorry, J McGrath, H Stain (Site Directors); V Carr (Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank); A Neil (Health Economics); B Hocking (SANE Australia); and S Saw (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing). Ethics approvals for the study were obtained from relevant institutional human research ethics committees. The study was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. This report acknowledges, with thanks, the hundreds of mental health professionals who participated in the preparation and conduct of the survey and the many Australians with psychotic disorders who gave their time and whose responses form the basis of this publication.