• Economic analyses of supported employment programmes for people with mental health conditions: A systematic review 

      Park, A-la; Rinaldi, Miles; Brinchmann, Beate; Killackey, Eoin; Aars, Nils Abel; Mykletun, Arnstein; McDaid, David (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-19)
      Background - Employment is intrinsic to recovery from mental health conditions, helping people live independently. Systematic reviews indicate supported employment (SE) focused on competitive employment, including individual placement and support (IPS), is effective in helping people with mental health conditions into work. Evidence is limited on cost-effectiveness. We comprehensively reviewed ...
    • A meta-regression of the impact of policy on the efficacy of individual placement and support 

      Brinchmann, Beate; Widding-Havneraas, Tarjei; Modini, Matthew; Rinaldi, Miles; Moe, Cathrine Fredriksen; McDaid, David; Park, A-la; Killackey, Eoin; Harvey, Samuel B; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-16)
      <i>Objective</i> - Individual placement and support (IPS) has shown consistently better outcomes on competitive employment for patients with severe mental illness than traditional vocational rehabilitation. The evidence for efficacy originates from few countries, and generalization to different countries has been questioned. This has delayed implementation of IPS and led to requests for country‐specific ...
    • The personality profile of IPS employment specialists, and how it relates to job satisfaction: A longitudinal cohort study 

      Butenko, Daniil; Rinaldi, Miles; Brinchmann, Beate; Brandseth, Oda Lekve; Killackey, Eoin; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-23)
      The role of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment specialist is a new type of occupation within mental healthcare. High turnover among employment specialists necessitates improvement in their recruitment and retention. One element that impacts retention is job satisfaction. We assessed the personality of 38 employment specialists (Big 5 Inventory-2) and measured job satisfaction ...
    • The societal impact of individual placement and support implementation on employment outcomes for young adults receiving temporary health-related welfare benefits: A difference-in-differences study 

      Brinchmann, Beate; Wittlund, Sina; Lorentzen, Thomas; Moe, Cathrine Fredriksen; McDaid, David; Killackey, Eoin; Rinaldi, Miles; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2024)
      <p><i>Background</i> Individual placement and support (IPS) is an evidence-based practice that helps individuals with mental illness gain and retain employment. IPS was implemented for young adults at a municipality level through a cross-sectoral collaboration between specialist mental healthcare, primary mental healthcare, and the government funded employment service (NAV). We investigated whether ...
    • Turnover of IPS employment specialists: Rates and predictors 

      Butenko, Daniil; Rinaldi, Miles; Brinchmann, Beate; Killackey, Eoin; Johnsen, Erik; Mykletun, Arnstein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-15)
      BACKGROUND: There are anecdotal reports of high job turnover of Individual Placement and Support employment specialists. However, no studies have addressed this issue.<p> <p>OBJECTIVE: To explore whether turnover rates among employment specialists are higher compared to public sector employees along with the correlates of turnover intentions. <p>METHODS: A repeated cross-sectional study collected ...