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Comprehensive Disability Management articulates current disability
management knowledge and provides insight into new concepts.
Practitioners of disability management come from many diverse
health and health related professions such as nursing, psychology,
occupational therapy, etc. Disability management is an emerging
profession without adequate reference materials. As professionals,
disability management practitioners have a significant impact on
the financial and human costs of disability. Most major
corporations have the need for a disability management program and
therefore require individuals with skills to perform these
functions. The financial costs of disability in corporations are
one of the key target areas that require attention. The human costs
of disability are also dramatic and efforts need to be made to
reduce the impact of disabilities on individuals. The book
documents proven techniques in disability management for
practitioners in the field. It introduces the first theoretical
model in this developing profession and provides practical examples
on how to implement and manage an effective disability management
program. The approach commences with an overview and the history of
disability management as a developing practice area. The authors
establish a theoretical base for disability management to guide the
activities of practitioners in the field. They then translate the
theory into action paradigms and address important issues around
the disability management process including role definitions and
discussions on key components. The disability management process,
including claim initiation, claims management, return to work and
rehabilitation, will be discussed. The important aspects of data
analysis and quality assurance in program evaluation for this field
are also considered. The book addresses the core aspects of
disability management knowledge, skills and capabilities and
reviews in detail the factors that influence the ability to
effectively perform disability management in today's workplaces. It
also looks at the interaction of the workplace organization.
Formulates the business case for disability management in an
organization, helping the reader understand how disability
management fits into the overall functioning of a corporation.
Presents a theoretical model that recognizes the influence of
multiple issues on a disability outcome. Reviews proven disability
management techniques for ensuring evidence-based best practice
treatments.
The extent of mental illness concerns in the workforce is becoming
increasingly apparent. Stress, depression, anxiety, workplace
bullying and other issues are costing businesses billions every
year in lost productivity, poor treatments and employee retention.
Unless appropriately addressed, issues related to mental illness
difficulties will result in stiff financial, organizational, and
human costs for organizations. Drawing on empirical evidence from
North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, the
book provides a practical guide to identifying, understanding,
treating and preventing individual and organizational mental health
issues. The authors illustrate how organizations can save money and
improve the health and wellbeing of their employees by using a
psychological disability management approach in the treatment and
accommodation of mental illness issues. This book will meet the
needs of human resources professionals, administrators of employee
assistance programs, industrial and organizational psychologists,
mental health practitioners, those teaching or studying psychology
and disability management, and more generally will serve to
enlighten students of business management and practicing managers
regarding a major workforce risk factor.
Disability Management is perceived and understood to be an
important approach to reducing the negative impact, for workers and
the company, of absence due to illness and accidents, and to
assisting those with disabilities to enter or re-enter the
workplace. Disability Management has already become established in
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Recently European
countries have begun to promote the approach in order to reduce
illness related expenses and avoid unemployment, early retirement
and costs to the welfare state. In Disability Management and
Workplace Integration leading researchers from around the World
consider the development of Disability Management over the last
three decades. They examine the on-going debate about methodology
and implementation of disability management strategies and
programmes, highlighting the critical debate about the implications
of a stricter cost-benefit approach to Disability Management theory
and practice. Professionals involved in workplace integration,
researchers approaching workplace integration from a variety of
perspectives such as sociology; rehabilitative medicine;
psychology; education; social policy; and economics, and students
on a range of courses, will appreciate this valuable book.
Suicide remains one of the most pressing public health concerns
across the world. Expensive in terms of the human cost and
associated suffering, the economic costs, the social costs and the
spiritual costs, it affects millions of people every year. This
important reference work collects together a wide range of research
around suicide and suicide prevention, in order to guide future
research and provide guidance for professionals about the best way
to respond meaningfully to suicidal patients. Responding to the
need for multi-disciplinary and international research to deepen
our understanding of suicide, it demonstrates where our knowledge
is firmly evidence-based and where new areas for research are
emerging, as well as highlighting where we know little. Divided
into six parts, each with its own editorial introduction and
commentary, it explores research with and about survivors of
suicide and indigenous populations. The remaining sections look at
suicide-focused research in psychiatric nursing, psychiatry,
psychology, and social work and allied health. It is of interest to
all advanced students, practitioners and scholars interested in
suicide and its impact and prevention.
Suicide remains one of the most pressing public health concerns
across the world. Expensive in terms of the human cost and
associated suffering, the economic costs, the social costs and the
spiritual costs, it affects millions of people every year. This
important reference work collects together a wide range of research
around suicide and suicide prevention, in order to guide future
research and provide guidance for professionals about the best way
to respond meaningfully to suicidal patients. Responding to the
need for multi-disciplinary and international research to deepen
our understanding of suicide, it demonstrates where our knowledge
is firmly evidence-based and where new areas for research are
emerging, as well as highlighting where we know little. Divided
into six parts, each with its own editorial introduction and
commentary, it explores research with and about survivors of
suicide and indigenous populations. The remaining sections look at
suicide-focused research in psychiatric nursing, psychiatry,
psychology, and social work and allied health. It is of interest to
all advanced students, practitioners and scholars interested in
suicide and its impact and prevention.
Disability Management is perceived and understood to be an
important approach to reducing the negative impact, for workers and
the company, of absence due to illness and accidents, and to
assisting those with disabilities to enter or re-enter the
workplace. Disability Management has already become established in
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Recently European
countries have begun to promote the approach in order to reduce
illness related expenses and avoid unemployment, early retirement
and costs to the welfare state. In Disability Management and
Workplace Integration leading researchers from around the World
consider the development of Disability Management over the last
three decades. They examine the on-going debate about methodology
and implementation of disability management strategies and
programmes, highlighting the critical debate about the implications
of a stricter cost-benefit approach to Disability Management theory
and practice. Professionals involved in workplace integration,
researchers approaching workplace integration from a variety of
perspectives such as sociology; rehabilitative medicine;
psychology; education; social policy; and economics, and students
on a range of courses, will appreciate this valuable book.
The extent of mental illness concerns in the workforce is becoming
increasingly apparent. Stress, depression, anxiety, workplace
bullying and other issues are costing businesses billions every
year in lost productivity, poor treatments and employee retention.
Unless appropriately addressed, issues related to mental illness
difficulties will result in stiff financial, organizational, and
human costs for organizations. Drawing on empirical evidence from
North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, the
book provides a practical guide to identifying, understanding,
treating and preventing individual and organizational mental health
issues. The authors illustrate how organizations can save money and
improve the health and wellbeing of their employees by using a
psychological disability management approach in the treatment and
accommodation of mental illness issues. This book will meet the
needs of human resources professionals, administrators of employee
assistance programs, industrial and organizational psychologists,
mental health practitioners, those teaching or studying psychology
and disability management, and more generally will serve to
enlighten students of business management and practicing managers
regarding a major workforce risk factor.
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