@article{4699dacea9d64b5c83a03fc52ff394fd,
title = "Evaluating the Capacity to Work of the Mentally Ill",
abstract = "This Study explored the relationship between psychiatric symptomatology and the functional capacity to work. Subjects were diagnosed using DSM-III criteria and were grouped into categories of psychotic or nonpsychotic, and disabled or nondisabled, in regard to adjudication for mental impairment from the Social Security Administration (SSA). There were significant relationships between disability status and work capacity, in the direction of better performance for the nondisabled subjects. This finding reflected concordance between the evaluation procedure used in the study and the SSA{\textquoteright}s disability determination process. There was considerable overlap in work performance among subjects, however, suggesting that a functional assessment of work capacity might improve disability determination in certain cases. Results suggested that these work assessments might be as short as one or two days.",
author = "Massel, {H. Keith} and Liberman, {Robert P.} and Jim Mintz and Jacobs, {Harvey E.} and Rush, {Thomas V.} and Giannini, {Carol A.} and Roberto Zarate",
note = "Funding Information: H. Keith Massel, PhD, is Assistant Research Psychologist, UCLA School of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry. Robert P. Liberman, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry; Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Service, Brentwood VA Medical Center; Director, Clinical Research Center, Camarillo State Hospital. Jim Mintz, PhD, is Professor of Medical Psychology, UCLA School of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry. Harvey E. Jacobs, PhD, is Associate Research Psychologist, UCLA School of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry. Thomas V. Rush, PhD, is Senior Lecturer, Towson State University, Maryland. Carol A. Giannini, MA, is a Research Associate, UCLA School of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry. Roberto Zarate, MA, is a doctoral student in clinical psychology, State University of New York, Albany. For reprints, write to Dr. Liberman at Rehabilitation Service (B 117), Brentwood VA Hospital, Wilshire & Sawtelle Blvds., Los Angeles, CA 90073. From the Clinical Research Center for Schizophrenia and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Camarillo State Hospital, California. Co-sponsored by UCLA Department of Psychiatry and the Brentwood Division of the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center. This research was supported by research grant number 10-P-98193-9 from the Social Security Administration, and NIMH Clinical Research Center grant MH 30911. This paper represents the views of the authors and is not to be construed as approved or authorized by the Social Security Administration, UCLA, or the Veterans Administration.",
year = "1990",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1521/00332747.1990.11024478",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "53",
pages = "31--43",
journal = "Psychiatry (New York)",
issn = "0033-2747",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}