Work and the mental health crisis in Britain / Carl Walker and Ben Fincham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Carl, 1975-

Contributor:

Fincham, Benjamin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with mental disabilities--Employment--Great Britain.

People with mental disabilities.

Work--Psychological aspects.

Work.

People with mental disabilities--Care--Great Britain.

People with mental disabilities--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

John Wiley and Sons, Inc. [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on recent data gathered from employees and managers, Work and the Mental Health Crisis in Britain challenges the cultural maxim that work benefits people with mental health difficulties, and illustrates how particular cultures and perceptions can contribute to a crisis of mental well-being at work. Based on totally new data gathered from employees and managers in the UKPresents a challenge to much of the conventional wisdom surrounding work and mental healthQuestions the fundamental and largely accepted cultural maxim that work is unquestionably good

Contents:

Work and the Mental Health Crisis in Britain; Contents; About the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mental Health, Emotional Well-Being and 21st Century Work; Chapter 2: Getting Britain Back to Work: A Policy Perspective; Chapter 3: Mental Health and Work-Experiences of Work; Chapter 4: Techniques of Identity Governance and Resistance: Formulating the Neoliberal Worker; Chapter 5: Managing Mental Health in Organizations; Chapter 6: Work/Life Balance and the Individualized Responsibility of the Neoliberal Worker

Chapter 7: Concluding Thoughts: Neoliberalism and the Shrine of WorkReferences; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-119-97600-6

1-283-25622-3

9786613256225

1-119-97426-7

1-119-97423-2

OCLC:

747545866