How is unemployment among people with mental illness conceptualized within social policy? A case study of the Ontario Disability Support Program

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Government policy shapes and is shaped by society's views of important social issues such as employment among people with disabilities. OBJECTIVE: This article explores how unemployment among people with mental illness has been understood and characterized within social policy.

Authors

Gewurtz RE; Cott C; Rush B; Kirsh B

Journal

WORK A Journal of Prevention Assessment &amp Rehabilitation, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 121–133

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

2015

DOI

10.3233/wor-141843

ISSN

1051-9815

Associated Experts

Rebecca Gewurtz

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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