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A sure sign of being on the road of recovery from mental illness is a job. Sixty percent of people receiving public assistance for mental healthcare want a job. Less than 2% are given opportunities via programs that involve employment subsidies.

Politicians want to talk about more treatment, psychologists want to talk about more treatment.

Maybe, just maybe, something else seriously helpful could be considered?


The following may be the most overlooked unemployment statistics in the United States:
They include persons receiving unemployment and persons dropped out of the labor force

2012 figures on unemployment among the working aged mentally ill by state.


Maine…92.60%
West Virginia…91.90%
Hawaii…91.40%
Pennsylvania…90.60%
California…90.00%
Alabama…89.10%
Massachusetts…89.10%
Missouri…89.10%
Louisiana…88.30%
Michigan…88.10%
Oregon…87.70%
South Carolina…87.60%
Georgia…87.10%
Washington…86.90%
Mississippi…86.20%
Minnesota…86.10%
Montana…86.10%
Texas…85.60%
North Carolina…85.20%
Florida…84.70%
Maryland…84.10%
New York…84.00%
Ohio…84.00%
Kentucky…83.90%
Nevada…83.80%
Illinois…83.20%
Arizona…82.90%
Rhode Island…82.60%
Idaho…81.30%
Utah…80.70%
Indiana…80.50%
Virginia…80.30%
Tennessee…79.80%
Connecticut…79.70%
Oklahoma…79.30%
Arkansas…78.80%
Colorado…77.80%
Wisconsin…77.20%
Delaware…76.90%
New Mexico…76.10%
Vermont…74.70%
South Dakota…72.00%
Alaska…71.40%
New Jersey…71.10%
Nebraska…70.80%
Kansas…70.20%
Iowa…68.40%
New Hampshire…67.30%
North Dakota…62.90%
Wyoming…56.10%

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