Perkins Rachel, Patel Rash, Willett Amelia, Chisholm Laura, Rinaldi Miles
Implementing Recovery through Organisational Change (ImROC), Nottingham, UK.
Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
BJPsych Bull. 2022 Feb;46(1):10-15. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2021.9.
To explore whether people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities experience equality of access and outcome in individual placement and support (IPS) employment services. Cross-sectional data were analysed of all people with severe mental health problems who accessed two mature high-fidelity IPS services in London in 2019 (n = 779 people).
There were no significant differences between the proportions of people who gained employment. The data strongly suggest that people from BAME communities are not differentially disadvantaged in relation to either access to or outcomes of IPS employment services.
The challenge for mental health professionals is not to decide who can and who cannot work but, how to support people on their case-loads to access IPS and move forward with life beyond their illness.
探讨黑人和少数族裔（BAME）群体在个体安置与支持（IPS）就业服务中是否能获得平等的服务机会与结果。对2019年在伦敦使用两项成熟的高保真IPS服务的所有重度精神健康问题患者的横断面数据进行了分析（n = 779人）。
就业人群的比例之间没有显著差异。数据有力地表明，BAME群体在获取IPS就业服务的机会或结果方面没有受到不同程度的不利影响。
心理健康专业人员面临的挑战不是决定谁能工作谁不能工作，而是如何支持他们所负责的患者获得IPS服务，并在疾病之外继续生活。
