Vocational Rehabilitation and Mental HealthISBN: 978-1-4051-9249-1
Paperback
232 pages
April 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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Chris Lloyd has professional qualifications in the field
of occupational therapy. Chris has an extensive background in the
area of mental health and has worked in a variety of settings with
people of different ages and a variety of needs. Her interests lie
in the rehabilitation of people with a mental illness, particularly
social inclusion, recovery, and vocational rehabilitation. She is
currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in occupational therapy at
the University of Queensland where she teaches mental health to
undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is the co-author of
the 'Handbook of Psychosocial Rehabilitation'.
Geoff Waghorn has professional qualifications in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. Geoff has an extensive background in vocational rehabilitation for people with psychiatric disabilities in particular. He has worked for a large provider of Australian Government funded vocational rehabilitation services. Geoff is currently employed as a Senior Scientist for the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, where he leads the Vocational Rehabilitation stream within the Policy and Economics Group. This research aims to improve functional recovery and vocational rehabilitation outcomes for people with mental illness.