Persons with Mental Illness and the Americans With Disabilities Act: Implications for the Social Work Profession

Although persons who are diagnosed with a mental illness are potentially protected from employment discrimination by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, a rather perplexing set of questions arises when attempting to delineate exactly which such workers are accorded protection against...

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Published inSocial work in mental health Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 442 - 457
Main Authors O'Brien, Gerald V., Brown, Melinda S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton, NY Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2009
Haworth Press
Subjects
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
disabilities
Employment Discrimination
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Handicap
Handicapped
Legal Cases
Medical sciences
Mental Illness
Miscellaneous
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Work
Statutes
Treatments
United States of America
Handicap
Human
mental illness
Legislation
Professional status
Employment discrimination
Disability
Disabled worker
Social status
disabilities
Treatment
Social work
Mental disorder
Rehabilitation
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Summary:Although persons who are diagnosed with a mental illness are potentially protected from employment discrimination by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, a rather perplexing set of questions arises when attempting to delineate exactly which such workers are accorded protection against discrimination. This article considers the status of persons with mental illness within the context of the ADA, drawing heavily from court cases that have involved such individuals.
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ISSN:1533-2985
1533-2993
DOI:10.1080/15332980802536870