Gary R. Bond, PhD, Chancellor’s Professor of Psychology, is completing his 26th year at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Starting summer 2009, he will be joining the faculty at Dartmouth Medical School and working at the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center.
After receiving his PhD in psychology at University of Chicago in 1975, Bond was research director at Thresholds, a psychiatric rehabilitation agency in Chicago. His research has aimed at identifying evidence-based practices for individuals with serious mental illness, with a primary focus on supported employment and assertive community treatment. Drawing on his work in developing scales measuring fidelity of program implementation, he has examined factors influencing successful implementation of these practices.
Bond has received more than 50 external grants and contracts for research and training, and his publications include more than 200 journal articles and book chapters. He has consulted with local and state mental health planners and researchers both inside and outside the U.S., including Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, Northern Ireland, England, Sweden and Canada. Bond co-authored the Evidence-Based Practice Supported Employment Implementation Resource Kit and the comprehensive textbook, Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation: An Empirical Approach.
Presentation: How Supported Employment Fits Nine Ideal Features of an Evidence-Based Practice
Can people with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses work? Recent findings may be surprising to some. A relatively new practice known as supported employment has been described as the single most effective treatment for serious mental illness. It promises to be a win-win for those experiencing mental illness, for employers, and for taxpayers. In this presentation, Bond will review the evidence accumulated over the last decade for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this practice, along with implications for social work research and practice and for the U.S. disability and health care systems.
