TY - JOUR
T1 - The three Cs of disclosing serious mental illness at work
T2 - Control, conditions, costs
AU - Baldwin, Marjorie L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - This Open Forum describes a framework for analyzing factors that influence an individual's decision to disclose serious mental illness in the competitive workplace. The disclosure decision is multifaceted, organized in dimensions of control, conditions, and costs. Control refers to the extent to which a mental illness is concealable, so that a worker may choose whether to disclose. The conditions workers impose on disclosure determine when, to whom, and how much they choose to say. The costs, both monetary and emotional, are a manifestation of the pervasive stigma associated with mental illness. The framework described here can form the basis for rigorous empirical studies of the disclosure decision that will inform both workers' decisions to disclose and employers' responses to disclosure. The objective of this research is to improve labor market outcomes for the significant numbers of workers with serious mental illness who can engage in mainstream, competitive employment.
AB - This Open Forum describes a framework for analyzing factors that influence an individual's decision to disclose serious mental illness in the competitive workplace. The disclosure decision is multifaceted, organized in dimensions of control, conditions, and costs. Control refers to the extent to which a mental illness is concealable, so that a worker may choose whether to disclose. The conditions workers impose on disclosure determine when, to whom, and how much they choose to say. The costs, both monetary and emotional, are a manifestation of the pervasive stigma associated with mental illness. The framework described here can form the basis for rigorous empirical studies of the disclosure decision that will inform both workers' decisions to disclose and employers' responses to disclosure. The objective of this research is to improve labor market outcomes for the significant numbers of workers with serious mental illness who can engage in mainstream, competitive employment.
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U2 - 10.1176/APPI.PS.202000160
DO - 10.1176/APPI.PS.202000160
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33467867
AN - SCOPUS:85102398807
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 72
SP - 344
EP - 346
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 3
ER -