Individual Placement and Support supplemented with cognitive remediation and work-related social skills training in Denmark: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) appears to be an effective vocational intervention for obtaining competitive employment for people with severe mental illness. However, no IPS studies or trials have been conducted in Denmark, a country characterized by a specialized labor market with a higher minimum wage and fewer entry-level jobs in comparison with other countries such as the US. Furthermore, long-term job retention and economic self-sufficiency have not been clearly demonstrated. Integrating methods such as cognitive remediation and work-related social skills training may be ways to address these issues.

Methods/design

The trial design is an investigator-initiated, randomized, assessor-blinded, multi-center trial. A total of 750 patients with severe menta

SUBMITTER: Christensen TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4479316 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature