Work and mental health

Although being at work during periods of mental illness can be difficult for those with mental health problems, most people with these difficulties could take paid employment if it were not for numerous barriers in the workplace and the wider community (Centre for Mental Health, 2013). In this free course, Work and mental health, you will look at some of the ways in which employment affects mental health and what can be done to support people in finding and keeping work.This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K240 Mental health and community.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Rewards and challenges
• 1 Rewards and challenges
• 2 Employment and mental health problems
• 2 Employment and mental health problems
• 3 Employment and recovery
• 3 Employment and recovery
• 4 Finding and keeping paid work
• 4 Finding and keeping paid work
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements