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Have I Got a Worker for You: Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Psychiatric Disability

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  1. Center for Social Policy and Practice in the Workplace, Columbia University School of Social Work, 622 W. 113th Street, New York, NY, 10025

    Lauren B. Gates

  2. Center for Social Policy and Practice in the Workplace, Columbia University School of Social Work, USA

    Sheila H. Akabas

  3. Towers Perrin, USA

    Elana Zwelling

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Gates, L.B., Akabas, S.H. & Zwelling, E. Have I Got a Worker for You: Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Psychiatric Disability. Adm Policy Ment Health 28, 319–325 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011141731467

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