In China, Higher Employment for People With a Schizophrenia Diagnosis Living in Rural Areas

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Researchers in China find that people with a schizophrenia diagnosis were more than three times more likely to be employed if living in a rural vs. an urban environment. There was no difference in impairment due to symptoms between the rural and urban populations. The study, consisting of a large community-based sample representing 12% of China’s population, appeared online in the British Journal of Psychiatry on December 20, 2012.

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Kermit Cole, MFT, founding editor of Mad in America, works in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a couples and family therapist. Inspired by Open Dialogue, he works as part of a team and consults with couples and families that have members identified as patients. His work in residential treatment — largely with severely traumatized and/or "psychotic" clients — led to an appreciation of the power and beauty of systemic philosophy and practice, as the alternative to the prevailing focus on individual pathology. A former film-maker, he has undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology from Harvard University as well as an MFT degree from the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia. Kermit leads workshops and webinars on the role of humor in psychotherapy and other human services. You can reach him at [email protected].

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