Mental Illness and Employment

Comments on an article by Sturm and Lipton, and the article they are commenting on, by Rothaus, Cleveland and Johnson . Sturm and Lipton criticize the study by Rothaus, Hanson, Cleveland and Johnson (the current authors) on the grounds that employment of psychiatrically discharged patients is contro...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1964-03, Vol.19 (3), p.200-201
Main Authors: Rothaus, Paul, Hanson, Philip G, Cleveland, Sidney E, Johnson, Dale L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coping Behavior
Employment Status
Hospitalization
Human
Job Applicant Interviews
Mental Disorders
Personnel Selection
Psychiatric Patients
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Summary:Comments on an article by Sturm and Lipton, and the article they are commenting on, by Rothaus, Cleveland and Johnson . Sturm and Lipton criticize the study by Rothaus, Hanson, Cleveland and Johnson (the current authors) on the grounds that employment of psychiatrically discharged patients is controlled by personnel directors and not by employment interviewers. In our study we had found it advantageous for the psychiatric patient seeking employment to describe his recent hospitalization as a learning experience designed to aid him in coping with the problems of living rather than alluding to his hospitalization as treatment or a cure for illness. Using the former approach, ex-psychiatric-patients were judged by employment interviewers of the Texas Employment Commission as being more readily employable than patients using the mental-illness approach. But Sturm and Lipton complain that we were working with the wrong people since only personnel directors and employers do the direct hiring. In Texas at least, this is not necessarily so. The authors also comment on other criticisms of Sturm and Lipton.
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/h0038960