326
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Exploring the impact of mental health symptoms in the workplace and supportive accommodations for young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions

ORCID Icon &

References

  • Baudot, L., & Kelly, K. (2020). A survey of perceptions of remote work and work productivity in the United States during the COVID-19 Shutdown (SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3646406). Social Science Research Network. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3646406
  • Biggs, D., Hovey, N., Tyson, P. J., & MacDonald, S. (2010). Employer and employment agency attitudes towards employing individuals with mental health needs. Journal of Mental Health, 19(6), 505–516. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2010.507683
  • Brouwers, E. P. (2020). Social stigma is an underestimated contributing factor to unemployment in people with mental illness or mental health issues: Position paper and future directions. BMC Psychology, 8(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-00399-0
  • Buckley, N., Glasson, E. J., Chen, W., Epstein, A., Leonard, H., Skoss, R., Jacoby, P., Blackmore, A. M., Srinivasjois, R., Bourke, J., Sanders, R. J., & Downs, J. (2020). Prevalence estimates of mental health problems in children and adolescents with intellectual disability: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(10), 970–984. https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867420924101
  • Bush, K. L., & Tasse, M. J. (2017). Employment and choice-making for adults with intellectual disability, autism, and down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 65, 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2017.04.004
  • Chow, C. M., Croft, B., & Cichocki, B. (2015). Evaluating the potential cost-savings of job accommodations among individuals with psychiatric disability. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 43(1), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-150755
  • Constantino, J. N., Strom, S., Bunis, M., Nadler, C., Rodgers, T., LePage, J., Cahalan, C., Stockreef, A., Evans, L., Jones, R., & Wilson, A. (2020). Toward actionable practice parameters for “Dual Diagnosis”: Principles of assessment and management for co-occurring psychiatric and intellectual/developmental disability. Current Psychiatry Reports, 22(2), 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-020-1127-8
  • Cook, J. A., Steigman, P., Pickett, S., Diehl, S., Fox, A., Shipley, P., MacFarlane, R., Grey, D. D., & Burke-Miller, J. K. (2012). Randomized controlled trial of peer-led recovery education using Building Recovery of Individual Dreams and Goals through Education and Support (BRIDGES). Schizophrenia Research, 136(1), 36–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2011.10.016
  • Cope, R., & Remington, A. (2022). The strengths and abilities of autistic people in the workplace. Autism in Adulthood, 4(1), 22–31.
  • Corbière, M., Villotti, P., Lecomte, T., Bond, G. R., Lesage, A., & Goldner, E. M. (2014). Work accommodations and natural supports for maintaining employment. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 37(2), 90. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000033
  • Culnane, E., Loftus, H., Efron, D., Williams, K., DiIorio, N., Shepherd, R., Marraffa, C., Lubitz, L., Antolovich, G., & Prakash, C. (2021). Development of the Fearless, Tearless Transition model of care for adolescents with an intellectual disability and/or autism spectrum disorder with mental health comorbidities. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 63(5), 560–565. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14766
  • Czabała, C., Charzyńska, K., & Mroziak, B. (2011). Psychosocial interventions in workplace mental health promotion: An overview. Health Promotion International, 26(suppl_1), i70–84. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dar050
  • Fraker, T., & Rangarajan, A. (2009). The Social Security Administration’s youth transition demonstration projects. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 30(3), 223–240. https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-2009-0463
  • Glasson, E. J., Buckley, N., Chen, W., Leonard, H., Epstein, A., Skoss, R., Jacoby, P., Blackmore, A. M., Bourke, J., & Downs, J. (2020). Systematic review and meta-analysis: Mental health in children with neurogenetic disorders associated with intellectual disability. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(9), 1036–1048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2020.01.006
  • Harmuth, E., Silletta, E., Bailey, A., Adams, T., Beck, C., & Barbic, S. P. (2018). Barriers and facilitators to employment for adults with autism: A scoping review. Annals of International Occupational Therapy, 1(1), 31–40. https://doi.org/10.3928/24761222-20180212-01
  • Harris, J. I., Winskowski, A. M., & Engdahl, B. E. (2007). Types of workplace social support in the prediction of job satisfaction. The Career Development Quarterly, 56(2), 150–156. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-0045.2007.tb00027.x
  • Hiersteiner, D., Butterworth, J., Bershadsky, J., & Bonardi, A. (2018). Working in the community: The status and outcomes of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in integrated employment—Update 3. [NCI Data Brief]. Human Services Research Institute.
  • Hipes, C., Lucas, J., Phelan, J. C., & White, R. C. (2016). The stigma of mental illness in the labor market. Social Science Research, 56, 16–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.12.001
  • Hsieh, H. F., & Shannon, S. E. (2005). Three approaches to qualitative content analysis. Qualitative Health Research, 15(9), 1277–1288. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732305276687
  • Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire. Annual Report on People with Disabilities in America 2021. Available from the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics. Retrieved November 2, 2022, from https://disabilitycompendium.org/sites/default/files/user-uploads/Events/2022ReleaseYear/Annual%20Report%20—%202021%20—%20WEB.pdf
  • Interview with Boston University Research Team. (2021). In Mental Health Crossroads Podcast. [ Audio podcast episode, (30). https://mhddcenter.podbean.com/e/ep-30-interview-with-boston-university-research-team/
  • Khalifa, G., Sharif, Z., Sultan, M., & DiRezze, B. (2020). Workplace accommodations for adults with autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 42(9), 1316–1331. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1527952
  • Kramer, J. M., Schwartz, A. E., Watkins, D., Peace, M., Luterman, S., Barnhart, B., Bouma-Sims, J., Riley, J., Shouse, J., Maharaj, R., Rosenberg, C. R., Harvey, K., Huereña, J., Schmid, K., & Alexander, J. S. (2019). Improving research and practice: Priorities for young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and mental health needs. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(3–4), 97–125. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2019.1636910
  • Lindsay, S., Cagliostro, E., Leck, J., Shen, W., & Stinson, J. (2019). Disability disclosure and workplace accommodations among youth with disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 41(16), 1914–1924. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1451926
  • MacDonald-Wilson, K., Russinova, Z., Rogers, E. S., Lin, C. H., Ferguson, T., Dong, S., & Kash MacDonald, M. (2010). Disclosure of mental health disabilities in the workplace. In I. Z. Schultz & E. S. Rogers (Eds.), Handbook of job accommodation and retention in mental health (pp. 191–217). Springer.
  • Maxwell, J. A. (2013). Qualitative research design: An interactive approach (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications.
  • McDowell, C., & Fossey, E. (2015). Workplace accommodations for people with mental illness: A scoping review. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 25(1), 197–206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9512-y
  • Miller, R., & Livermore, G. (2019). Long-term impacts of employment interventions targeted to people with mental health conditions (No. 2019–01). Mathematica Center for Studying Disability Policy.
  • Mojtabai, R., Stuart, E. A., Hwang, I., Susukida, R., Eaton, W. W., Sampson, N., & Kessler, R. C. (2015). Long-term effects of mental disorders on employment in the National Comorbidity Survey ten-year follow-up. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(11), 1657–1668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1097-z
  • NADD. (2013). Including individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental illness: Challenges that must be addressed by health care reform. http://thenadd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/NADD-Poisition-Statement-on-letterhead1.pdf
  • Noel, V. A., Oulvey, E., Drake, R. E., & Bond, G. R. (2017). Barriers to employment for transition-age youth with developmental and psychiatric disabilities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 44(3), 354–358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-016-0773-y
  • Park, K. -O., Wilson, M. G., & Lee, M. S. (2004). Effects of social support at work on depression and organizational productivity. American Journal of Health Behavior, 28(5), 444–455. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.28.5.7
  • Pfeiffer, B., Brusilovskiy, E., Davidson, A., & Persch, A. (2018). Impact of person-environment fit on job satisfaction for working adults with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 48(1), 49–57. https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-170915
  • Russinova, Z., Bloch, P., Wewiorski, N., Shappell, H., & Rogers, E. S. (2018). Predictors of sustained employment among individuals with serious mental illness: Findings from a 5-year naturalistic longitudinal study. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 206(9), 669–679. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000876
  • Salkever, D. S., Karakus, M. C., Slade, E. P., Harding, C. M., Hough, R. L., Rosenheck, R. A., Swartz, M. S., Barrio, C., & Yamada, A. M. (2007). Measures and predictors of community-based employment and earnings of persons with schizophrenia in a multisite study. Psychiatric Services (Washington, DC), 58(3), 315–324. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2007.58.3.315
  • Schultz, I. Z., Krupa, T., & Rogers, E. S. (2011). Best practices in accommodating and retaining persons with mental health disabilities at work: Answered and unanswered questions. In I. Schultz & E. S. Rogers (Eds.), Work accommodation and retention in mental health (pp. 445–465). Springer.
  • Schwartz, A. E., Corey, J., Duff, J., Herer, A. & Rogers, E. S. (2023). Anticipating the outcomes: how young adults with developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions make decisions about disclosure of their mental health conditions at work. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(4), 602–612. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2037749
  • Schwartz, A. E., & Durkin, B. (2020). “Team is everything”: Reflections on trust, logistics, and methodological choices in collaborative interviewing. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 48(2), 115–123. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12305
  • Schwartz, A. E., Young Adult Mental Health/Peer Mentoring Research, Kramer, J. M., Rogers, E. S., McDonald, K. E., Cohn, E. S., & Young Adult Mental Health/Peer Mentoring Research. (2020). Stakeholder‐driven approach to developing a peer‐mentoring intervention for young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co‐occurring mental health conditions. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(5), 992–1004. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12721
  • Schwartz, A. E., & Levin, M. (2021). Feasibility of a peer mentoring programme for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50(3), 433–445. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12396
  • Schwartz, A. E., Munsell, E. G., Schmidt, E. K., Colón-Semenza, C., Carolan, K., & Gassner, D. L. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on services for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions. Disability and Health Journal, 14(3), 101090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101090
  • Schwartz, A. E., Rogers, E. S., & Russinova, Z. (2022). Predictors of community-based employment for young adults with intellectual disability and co-occurring mental health conditions. Disability & Rehabilitation, 44(9), 1609–1618. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1907457
  • Sherman, L. J., Lynch, S. E., Teich, J., & Hudock, W. J. (2017). Availability of supported employment in specialty mental health treatment facilities and facility characteristics: 2014. The CBHSQ Report.
  • van Gestel-Timmermans, H., Brouwers, E. P., van Assen, M. A., & van Nieuwenhuizen, C. (2012). Effects of a peer-run course on recovery from serious mental illness: A randomized controlled trial. Psychiatric Services, 63(1), 54–60. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000450
  • Von Schrader, S., Malzer, V., & Bruyere, S. (2014). Perspectives on disability disclosure: The importance of employer practices and workplace climate. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 26(4), 237–255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-013-9227-9
  • Walmsey, J., & Johnson, K. (2003). Inclusive research with people with learning disabilities. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • White, S., Foster, R., Marks, J., Morshead, R., Goldsmith, L., Barlow, S., Sin, J., & Gillard, S. (2020). The effectiveness of one-to-one peer support in mental health services: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02923-3
  • Whittle, E. L., Fisher, K. R., Reppermund, S., Lenroot, R., & Trollor, J. (2018). Barriers and enablers to accessing mental health services for people with intellectual disability: A scoping review. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1), 69–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2017.1408724
  • Workforce innovation and opportunity act, no. H.R.803, 113th Congress. (2014). https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/803
  • Zafar, N., Rotenberg, M., & Rudnick, A. (2019). A systematic review of work accommodations for people with mental disorders. Work, 64(3), 461–475. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-193008

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.