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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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Part one. The problem. 1. What's the problem? ; 2. What is mental illness? ; 3. How many suffer? ; 4. Do they get help? ; 5. How does it affect people's lives? ; 6. The economic cost ; 7. What causes mental illness?
- Part two. What can be done? 8. Does therapy work? ; 9. How therapies are developed ; 10. What works for whom? ; 11. Can we afford more therapy? ; 12. Improving access to psychological therapies ; 13. What works for young people? ; 14. Can we prevent mental illness? ; 15. Would a better culture help? ; 16. Stop this pain.
