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Scoping review exploring vocational rehabilitation interventions for mental health service users with chronic mental illness in low-income to upper-middle-income countries.

Munyaradzi ChimaraLana van NiekerkHester M van Biljon
Published in: BMJ open (2022)
VR intervention in institutions for MHSUs in L-UMIC revealed the multidimensional uniqueness of individual MHSU's vocational ability, needs and contexts. The interventions allowed client-centred approaches that offer support and empowerment beyond the boundaries of the institutions. Occupational therapists offering VR need to expand their interventions beyond their institutions to contexts where MHSUs are working or intending to work.
Keyphrases
  • mental illness
  • physical activity
  • mental health
  • randomized controlled trial
  • virtual reality
  • drug induced