Thrive : how better mental health care transforms lives and saves money /
Mental illness is a leading cause of suffering in the modern world. In sheer numbers, it afflicts at least 20 percent of people in developed countries. It reduces life expectancy as much as smoking does, accounts for nearly half of all disability claims, is behind half of all worker sick days, and a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Mental illness is a leading cause of suffering in the modern world. In sheer numbers, it afflicts at least 20 percent of people in developed countries. It reduces life expectancy as much as smoking does, accounts for nearly half of all disability claims, is behind half of all worker sick days, and affects educational achievement and income. There are effective tools for alleviating mental illness, but most sufferers remain untreated or undertreated. What should be done to change this? In Thrive, Richard Layard and David Clark argue for fresh policy approaches to how we think about and deal wi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400873333 1400873339 9780241960516 0241960517 |
