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Post-transplant Employment and Return to Work

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Mental health professionals can play an important role in return to work for transplant recipients. For many, employment can provide identity, structure, purpose, and necessary income. Mental health professionals may uncover return to work issues when interviewing transplant patients and may be more likely to encounter these issues following transplantation when return to work needs are more immediate. Depression, cognitive impairment, and financial issues can contribute to a recipient’s ability to and likelihood of being able to return to work. Proactive planning prior to surgery can avoid return to work difficulties after transplant. While return to work interventions are not widely available, mental health professionals can improve return to work outcomes by identifying and treating depression, assessing for cognitive impairments, and referring to cognitive rehabilitation programs or return to work vocational rehabilitation programs.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Elizabeth Hovis

  2. Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, Epidemiology, Nursing, Biostatistics, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Mary Amanda Dew

  3. Departments of Psychiatry, Surgery, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Andrea F. DiMartini

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  3. Department of Behavioral Health, Inova Fairfax Hospital, George Washington University, Falls Church, VA, USA

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  4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Hovis, E., Dew, M.A., DiMartini, A.F. (2022). Post-transplant Employment and Return to Work. In: Zimbrean, P.C., Sher, Y., Crone, C., DiMartini, A.F. (eds) Transplant Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15052-4_30

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