Élyse Charette-Dussault

University of Quebec in Montreal | UQAM · Department of Psychology

Background: Developing a good working alliance with clients with a severe mental illness (SMI) is a core competency of the employment specialist (ES). The ES's assessment of the working alliance was found to be related to the client's acquisition of a job in the regular market but we have little information on the processes and factors involved....

Purpose Considering worker’s perspective, the purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to document the meaning of the experience of recognition in the return to work (RTW) process of work after a sick leave due to a common mental disorder (CMD) and (2) to investigate the phenomenon of recognition for workers in the process of RTW after a sick leave d...

People with severe mental illness (SMI) face numerous obstacles in order to obtain and sustain employment in the regular labor market. Yet, work represents the cornerstone of recovery. Although supported employment programs are recognized as evidence-based practices to help people with SMI in their work integration, the literature highlights a ceil...

This integrative review analyses and synthesizes specialized literature of 20 years up to 2017 studying barriers/obstacles to employment for people with severe mental illnesses. The inclusion and exclusion criteria led to 35 experimental and nonexperimental studies. Results of the prospective studies were analyzed with the evidence synthesis method...