Growing interest in the field of mental health in the workplace
among policy makers, clinicians, and researchers alike has been
fueled by equal employment rights legislation and increasing
disability statistics in mental heath. The importance of addressing
this topic is underscored by the fact that depression now ranks
second on the hierarchy of occupational disabilities. The problem
is compounded by a host of factors, including major difficulties in
job retention and productivity experienced by persons with mental
health disabilities; younger age and higher education of persons
with mental health problems; and labor shortages and an aging
workforce in many industrialized countries. In addition,
particularly in the United States, the vocational needs of army
veterans returning from duty with mental health disorders require
system-based solutions and new rehabilitation approaches. The
pressure created by these powerful legislative, societal, and
economic forces has not been matched by the state of evidence-based
practices in the field of employment retention and job
accommodation in mental health. Current research evidence is
fragmented, limited in scope, difficult to access, and adversely
affected by the traditional divide between the fields of psychiatry
and psychology on one hand and interdisciplinary employment
research and practices on the other. As a result, policy makers,
employers, disability compensation systems, and rehabilitation and
disability management professionals have been left without a
critical "how to" evidence-informed toolbox for occupational
practices to accommodate and retain persons with mental health
disabilities in the workplace. Currently, no single source of
knowledge and research evidence exists in the field that would
guide best practices. Yet the need for workplace accommodations for
persons with mental health disabilities has been growing and, based
on epidemiological trends, is anticipated to grow even more in the
future. These trends leave physicians, psychologists, occupational
therapists, vocational rehabilitation professionals, disability
managers, human resource professionals, and policy makers poorly
prepared to face the challenge of integrating and maintaining
persons with mental health disabilities in the workplace. The aim
of the Handbook is to close the gap between the needs of the
professionals and networks that work with or study persons with
mental heath disorders in an employment context and the actual
knowledge base in the field. The Handbook will be written in
language that can easily be understood by readers representing a
multitude of disciplines and research paradigms spanning the mental
health, rehabilitation, and employment fields of inquiry. The
Handbook will contribute an integration of the best quantitative
and qualitative research in the field, together with experts'
consensus, regarding effective work retention and accommodation
strategies and practices in mental health. The book will consist of
five major sections, divided into chapters written by recognized
experts in these areas.
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