it may not be the case that drs say schitzoprenics can't work as they did 30 yrs ago but i've spent decades with that attitude increasingly having to prove a level of illness to get benefits, work wasn't an option
when i did work, i was called in for a 2nd medical told my co worker i was schitzoprenic, in confidence, i was worried when i returned to work after taking a days annual leave after the interview it was all round the office and my co worker was offf sick applieing for redeployment on stress grounds when she did come in she was on valium, so they told me
somehow did 2 peoples work without the training for a year, then they brought in some one to help me suggested i apply for redeployment on stress grounds, i had an interview with the occupational dr then the boss called me in said the dr had said i was unfit for work and i should go home and send in sick notes, i fought that with the union turned out the dr had said i was unfit for my present job but fit for another job with the council, they were all nimbys not in my back yard as it was called
found myself out of work been harrassed on this estate with social services saying i wasn't a priority, by the time i got rehoused i'd been begging the gp in tears to section me, my health had deteriated so much
and ever since theres been this requirement to prove serious illness for the benefits or be left until poverty creates serious illness, after years of that i doubt theres much better/recovery left
and as for my motivation to try again i'm totally cynical