Vocational Empowerment Photovoice (VEP)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Mental Illness

In brief

The purpose of this project is to evaluate a promising peer-run psycho-educational group intervention titled "Vocational Empowerment Photovoice (VEP)" that aims to empower individuals with the most disabling psychiatric disabilities to engage in vocational services and pursue employment through the enhancement of their vocational hope, sense of vocational identity, work motivation, work-related self-efficacy, and capacity to deal with psychiatric stigma and discrimination.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02784938

Run by

Boston University Charles River Campus

People needed

147

Starts

2015-11-11

Expected to finish

2020-05-12

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• are 18 or older
• have a DSM-IV diagnosis of serious mental illness, including dual diagnosis
• are not working currently due to their mental illness
• are not receiving or in a process of receiving employment services
• are interested in learning about ways to pursue work in the future
• are fluent in English.

You may not qualify if…

• co-existing physical or developmental disabilities resulting in cognitive limitations
• Inability to give full and knowing consent.

Where it is running

• Thresholds Inc. — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Baycove Human Services- Transitions of Boston — Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
• Pilgrim Psychiatric Center — Brentwood, New York, United States

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