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Eighty percent of people with mental illness are unemployed, a statistic that says more about the lack of support for this group of people than it does about the economy, according to a new study.

As in so many other areas of mental health, solutions to this problem exist, but simply aren't utilized, says Mary Giliberti, executive director of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

"These statistics paint a pretty bleak picture," she says. "We think we can do a lot better."

About 60% of people with mental illness want to work. And two-thirds can successfully hold down a job, if they're given appropriate support, the report says. Yet fewer than 2% of people in the public mental health system receive this help, a cost-effective program called supported employment, which has been studied in 20 high-quality clinical trials over the past 25 years.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:I presume you are talking about the US, since it's the only country on the planet and all.

Gary Childress wrote:

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:I presume you are talking about the US, since it's the only country on the planet and all.

Sorry, yes. The article refers to conditions in the US.

How are conditions in your country for the mentally ill? And in what country do you live, BTW?

bobevenson wrote:I just love how coy the stuffed vegetarian is.

bobevenson wrote:I disagree that 80% of the mentally ill are jobless; most people are mentally ill, and yet hold jobs.

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:I disagree that 80% of the mentally ill are jobless; most people are mentally ill, and yet hold jobs.

Apart from you of course.

bobevenson wrote:Yes, apart from me, most people are mentally ill, and not to mention any names, Kim, some are more mentally ill than others.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

Gary Childress wrote:

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:I presume you are talking about the US, since it's the only country on the planet and all.

Sorry, yes. The article refers to conditions in the US.

How are conditions in your country for the mentally ill? And in what country do you live, BTW?

Well it would have to be either the US or Europe, since they are the only two 'countries' (according to saint Bob).

bobevenson wrote:Please, Gary, you're asking him/her an embarrassing question.

bobevenson wrote:Please, Gary, you're asking him/her an embarrassing question.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Please, Gary, you're asking him/her an embarrassing question.

Not embarrassing, just rude. Polite people don't ask personal questions of strangers on the internet. Don't you Americans learn good manners from your momma? Is that why you produce the most obnoxious children on the planet? It doesn't matter what country I say, Boooby, you will come back with some bullshit that your hell-hole is 'bigger', 'better' blah, blah, blah...
Of course, that will be AFTER you have googled it, since your limited education has taught you that Europe is a country, and that the only country worth a damn is your own.