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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2003) 9: 327-334
© 2003 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Work, employment and psychiatric disability

Jed Boardman

Jed Boardman is a consultant psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (Chaucer Community Resource Centre, 13 Ann Moss Way, London SE16 2TH, UK) and a senior lecturer in social psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. He was Chairman of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Working Group on Employment Opportunities and Psychiatric Disability (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2003). His clinical interests include the development of community-based services for delivery of psychiatric care and his research interests include health service resesarch, epidemiology and psychiatric disorders in primary care.

Unemployment is high among those with mental disorders, particularly severe mental disorders, and there are a range of social and economic barriers impeding their employment. In general, there is a lack of vocational rehabilitation services in the UK for people with both physical and mental illnesses, despite good evidence for the effectiveness of some work schemes. Here, the need is discussed for a national strategy for vocational rehabilitation that involves employment and health services, and covers both physical and mental disorders.




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