Job support program for people with serious mental illness in Jalisco, Mexico
Official title: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for serious mental illness in Jalisco, Mexico
Funded at National Institute of Psychiatry · NIH-10915474 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project will offer a proven job‑support program to people with serious mental illness in Jalisco to help them find and keep competitive work.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | National Institute of Psychiatry NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) |
| Project start | September 2, 2022 |
| Project end | March 31, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $201,206 |
| NIH project number | 5R34MH131240-03 |
| Project ID | NIH-10915474 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are adults with serious mental illness who receive care at the CAISAME-EB clinic in Jalisco and who want help finding paid employment.
✕Less likely to help
People who are not interested in working, who are medically unstable, or who live outside the clinic's catchment area may not benefit from this program.
What this research studies
If you get care at the clinic, the team will adapt a job‑support approach called Individual Placement and Support (IPS) so it fits the local job market and culture. About 200 people will be enrolled and randomly offered the adapted IPS or usual services, with information collected at the start, 6 months, and 12 months. Staff will be trained in IPS and researchers will use surveys, job records, and interviews to track work outcomes and personal experiences. The goal is to see whether the adapted IPS helps people get steady competitive employment in this setting.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, more people with serious mental illness in Jalisco could gain steady competitive jobs and better community integration through locally available IPS services.
How similar studies have gone: IPS has strong international evidence for helping people with serious mental illness obtain competitive work, but it has not been widely implemented or tested in Latin America before.
Where this research is happening
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National Institute of Psychiatry
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Saracco Alvarez, Ricardo Arturo — National Institute of Psychiatry
- Study coordinator: Saracco Alvarez, Ricardo Arturo
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.