Khalema, Nene ErnestShankar, Janki2018-09-272018-09-272014-11-20Nene Ernest Khalema and Janki Shankar, “Perspectives on Employment Integration, Mental Illness and Disability, and Workplace Health,” Advances in Public Health, vol. 2014, Article ID 258614, 7 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/258614http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108240https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/45404This paper reviews the literature on the interplay between employment integration and retention of individuals diagnosed with mental health and related disability (MHRD). Specifically, the paper addresses the importance of an integrative approach, utilizing a social epidemiological approach to assess various factors that are related to the employment integration of individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness. Our approach to the review incorporates a research methodology that is multilayered, mixed, and contextual. The review examines the literature that aims to unpack employers’ understanding of mental illness and their attitudes, beliefs, and practices about employing workers with mental illness. Additionally we offer a conceptual framework entrenched within the social determinants of the mental health (SDOMH) literature as a way to contextualize the review conclusions. This approach contributes to a holistic understanding of workplace mental health conceptually and methodologically particularly as practitioners and policy makers alike are grappling with better ways to integrate employees who are diagnosed with mental health and disabilities into to the workplace.Journal Article2018-09-27enCopyright © 2014 Nene Ernest Khalema and Janki Shankar. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/258614