Work experience’ an effective tool to improve the quality of life of psychiatric patients

Journal title PRISMA Economia - Società - Lavoro
Author/s Vittorio Lannutti
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/1
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 112-128 File size 225 KB
DOI 10.3280/PRI2024-001008
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The article analyzes the effectiveness of ‘Work experience’ a training inclusion internship project, which has been implemented in Jesi (An) since 2009 with people suffering from mental health problems and managed by the Mental Health Department of Jesi. After an initial global overview of how mental health is financed and what the trends of mental disorders are and the impact they have on social, professional and economic life, the article continues with a focus on the importance of work and how it is closely interconnected with mental health, both for those suffering from mental disorders and for other individuals. The paper continues with a brief historical excursus on the various attempts that were made in Italy before 1978, the year of approval of law 180, which decreed the closure of mental hospitals and a new way of working in the field of mental health, to promote the work inclusion of psychiatric patients and then getting into the heart of the social inclusion internships. The essay therefore concludes with the demonstration of the effectiveness of the ‘Work experience’ project, which in economic terms contributed to reducing healthcare spending, because it has had an important impact in reducing hospitalizations in the psychiatric ward of the Jesi hospital, compared to before this project began.

Keywords: mental health, work, social inclusion internships, healthcare spending, sheltered employment.

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Vittorio Lannutti, ‘Work experience’ un efficace strumento per migliorare la qualità della vita dei pazienti psichiatrici in "PRISMA Economia - Società - Lavoro" 1/2024, pp 112-128, DOI: 10.3280/PRI2024-001008