Gainful employment
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Gainful employment

Shaun McNeil Secretary Of Voices of experience and managing director of Advocacy Matters, Greater Glasgow

Work often gives life meaning, says Shaun McNeil, who argues that employment and employability should be part of assessment and treatment

AS CHILDREN, we were asked what we would like to be when we grew up, and as adults, it is work that tends to define us. This continues even after we retire, as we are then considered to be a retired nurse, banker, printer or postal worker.

Mental Health Practice. 13, 8, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/mhp.13.8.11.s16

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