[Patients' Work-Related Participation Impairments and Need for Support in Day Hospital and Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment].

OBJECTIVE: Approximately 80 % of patients in psychiatric treatment are significant impaired in participation work and are excluded from the labor market.
METHOD: Survey of 176 patients in day hospital and inpatient psychiatric treatment regarding work-related participation impairments, need for support in competitive employment, education or study and actually received support.
RESULTS: Data of 90 patients were available. 63 % of patients indicated a need for support in work-related participation, 53 % of them would participate in a job coaching. 49 % of the patients were addressed on the topic of work. Regardless of the need for support, only 1/5 of patients received concrete help. There is a strong need for support for young adults (77 %) and first-admission patients (73 %).
CONCLUSION: There is a high but unmet need for support in managing work-related participation impairment. Routine needs assessment and the implementation of evidence-based methods could improve work-related inclusion. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.