Motor skills, cognition, and work performance of people with severe mental illness

firemonkey · March 19, 2020, 7:32pm

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Motor skills, cognition, and work performance of people with severe mental illness.

L Lipskaya-Velikovsky, D Elgerisi, A Easterbrook and NZ Ratzon, Disability and rehabilitation, 2019 06

Employment offers many benefits to people with mental illness, yet their employment rate is much lower than that of the general population. We investigated the effect of work-related motor skills, neurocognition, and job attitudes on the work performance of people with mental illness, comparing those working in sheltered workshops, with controls working in similar jobs.Twenty-nine adults with severe mental illness and 27 controls matched by gender and age were enrolled into the study using convenience sampling. They were assessed for gross and fine motor hand functioning, job attitudes, work performance, and cognition.People with mental illness scored lower on work performance, cognitive functioning, and hand dexterity while sitting and working with tools. They were assigned lower job loads than were controls, and perceived the physical environment at work as more constraining than did controls. Assembling motor skills significantly explained the work performance of people with mental illness.The results expand our understanding of the complexities involved in the employment of people with severe mental illness, and point to new paths for improving vocational outcomes of people with severe mental illness, taking into account their motor skills and job attitudes. Implications for rehabilitation Therapists should be aware that employed people with severe mental illness may have various unmet needs, affecting their work performance and experience of stress. This study results demonstrate importance of motor skills and perception of the work environment for the promotion of vocational outcomes among individuals with severe mental illness. Employment of people with severe mental illness should be viewed from holistic perspective as with general population, rather than focused on traditionally illness-related factors.

anon48059102 · March 19, 2020, 7:35pm

but you can improve your cognition and all of that by practice doing that

anon98459728 · March 19, 2020, 7:38pm

I don’t think so viper. Sounds like one of those baseless YouTube videos that there seem to be a lot of. I hate all that crap.

anon48059102 · March 19, 2020, 7:40pm

brain is adaptive and can adapt to vorious enviroments doing vorious tasks

anon48059102 · March 19, 2020, 7:41pm

dont think you are burden … what about the great achivers who have schizophrenia

anon48059102 · March 19, 2020, 7:42pm

ofcourser if you do nothing you will achive nothing you have to go out your comfort zone… organise yourself

anon98459728 · March 19, 2020, 7:45pm

I dont have schizophrenia. I just think you are talking about that modern toxic self improvement crap that you get on youtube.

anon48059102 · March 19, 2020, 7:48pm

yes all self improvement is crap. better not improve

anon48059102 · March 19, 2020, 7:49pm

you are just low intelligence then

anon98459728 · March 19, 2020, 7:52pm

I’m not talking about getting good at something, I am talking about these self proclaimed youtube artists that tell you how you can make yourself more intelligent or change your personality by watching a couple of 5 minute videos.

anon48059102 · March 19, 2020, 7:54pm

anyway i am not reading crap… if you read or watch crap on youtube this is your problem.
good luck

anon98459728 · March 19, 2020, 7:55pm

You just keep believing you can make yourself smarter then.

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