| Title |
Self-Employment for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: Advantages and Strategies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11414-018-9625-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laysha Ostrow, Patricia B. Nemec, Carina Smith |
| Abstract |
Self-employment is an alternative to wage employment and an opportunity to increase labor force participation by people with psychiatric disabilities. Self-employment refers to individuals who work for themselves, either as an unincorporated sole proprietor or through ownership of a business. Advantages of self-employment for people with psychiatric disabilities, who may have disrupted educational and employment histories, include opportunities for self-care, additional earning, and career choice. Self-employment fits within a recovery paradigm because of the value placed on individual preferences, and the role of resilience and perseverance in business ownership. Self-employment creates many new US jobs, but remains only a small percentage of employment closures for people with psychiatric disabilities, despite vocational rehabilitation and Social Security disability policies that encourage it. This commentary elucidates the positive aspects of self-employment in the context of employment challenges experienced by individuals with psychiatric disabilities and provides recommendations based on larger trends in entrepreneurship. |
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| United States | 13 | 76% |
| Unknown | 4 | 24% |
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| Members of the public | 16 | 94% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
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| Unknown | 85 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 13 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 5% |
| Researcher | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 15% |
| Unknown | 33 | 39% |
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| Social Sciences | 13 | 15% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 11 | 13% |
| Psychology | 11 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
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