How Employment Assists in Mental Health/Substance Abuse Recovery

meaningful employment has a positive effect on individuals in recovery from mental health and substance abuse by:

1) which makes them too tired to engage in ex-drug related activities immediately after work,

2) to put them under socialized peer pressure that can be done at the macro (society as a whole range of employers with friends) and micro level (in close association ),

3) Implants healthy fear of losing hard won position of respect in society and the prize money,

4) assist in developing and maintaining the refusal skills - the ability to say - no - my drug of choice, past, dysfunctional behavior and lifestyle, so, provided that those in recovery from mental illness and addictions who suffer from long-term unemployment with meaningful jobs actually helped in the recovery because it reduces the taxes - it's because taxes are used to pay for drug treatment programs, prisons, and increased police presence in the community

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According to (et. al. 2009, mental health and 101 series) to reduce the damage can be defined as "any program or policy aimed at reducing the harm associated with substance use without requiring that the substance is used or to be zaustavljen.program policy can be directed to the individual, family, community or society ."

Why not just give them a volunteer position? The problem with this is that today the volunteers, including those who are in recovery from mental illness and addiction, especially those over thirty can be just as qualified as those who work as paid employees. Individuals over thirty struggling with recovery from mental health and substance abuse issues do not just sit around and collect welfare and SSI checks. These individuals also participate in all of the volunteer positions, internships are formal education, in order to return to work, unfortunately, no such person may engage in these activities back to work for years without rewarded for their efforts, thus, encouraging them to relapse, and give any hope of leading a normal life. According to the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) 2010 on-line release that relate to volunteering in the United States:

- volontirala whites at a rate of (27.8 percent),
- In the Black (19.4 percent) and Asians (19.6 percent);
- While Hispanics or Latino, 14.7

People with higher levels of education, which includes those who have college degrees who aged 25 years and over volunteered at a rate of 42.3 percent.

Although there are laws that provide tax credits for hiring long-term unemployed, those laws may not be enough to ensure that women and minorities in the recovery of MHSA issues will be rehired back into the workforce due to problems of racism and the stigma of substance abuse / mental illness. However, without question, employment for persons in recovery is the best way to reduce government spending and taxpayer.