What are the highest paying mental health jobs?
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15 Citations | Peer workers are increasingly being employed within mental health services. |
8 Citations | This is partially due to the fact that people with mental health problems are significantly less likely to be in employment than the rest of the population, and that those people with mental health conditions who are in work are significantly more likely to be in low-paid, high-turnover, part-time or temporary work (Independent Mental Health Taskforce, 2016). |
83 Citations | Mental health treatment facilities are more likely to be located in poorer communities, whereas office-based practices of mental health professionals are more likely to be located in higher-income communities. |
172 Citations | Most persons with mental illness want to work, and some with even the most serious mental disorders hold jobs requiring high levels of functioning. |
| Further, the largest health gains are for those with psychologically stressful jobs. | |
72 Citations | However, the circumstances most likely to improve their mental health are full-time or stable, longer term employment. The results from this study are of concern given that the lack of employment continuity is a growing trend in the U. S. labor market and poor women are disproportionately employed in these types of unstable jobs. |
114 Citations | Helping people with severe mental illness obtain competitive jobs that correspond with their explicit job preferences increases job satisfaction and tenure. |
69 Citations | Primary care physicians also treat the majority of those seeking mental health services, and individuals seen only by these primary care physicians are probably as ill as those seen exclusively in the specialty mental health sector. |
Open access 01 Jan 2008 397 Citations | In addition, a diverse mental health workforce, as well as provider and patient education, are important to eliminating mental health care disparities. |
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