Outcome of wage and self-employment intervention for persons with severe mental illness availing rural community-based rehabilitation project: Experience from South India
In impoverished rural areas, patients and their families prefer self-employment locally over shifting to the city for wage employment. Suggestions for implementing livelihood interventions in other resource-constrained settings are discussed. Families must own the initiative to ensure its sustainability.
Authors
- Aarti Jagannathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2792-1075)
- Thanapal Sivakumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-9424)
- Jagadisha Thirthalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3998-9672)
- Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4568-0420)
- Shanivaram Reddy Krishnareddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4023-6969)
- Shyam K. Bhat
Institutions
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241307844
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Live, Love and Laugh Foundation