Mental Capital And Wellbeing

Author : Cary L. Cooper,Usha Goswami,Barbara J. Sahakian
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 144430772X

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Mental Capital and Wellbeing by Cary L. Cooper,Usha Goswami,Barbara J. Sahakian Pdf

This major new reference presents The Foresight MentalCapital and Wellbeing Project (a UK Government project in theGovernment Office for Science). It offers a comprehensiveexploration of how mental capital and wellbeing operate over thelifespan; how experiences in the family, in school, at work andfollowing retirement augment or reduce mental capital andwellbeing, and the impact that this has for the individual and forthe welfare and economic progress of the nation. Mental Capital and Wellbeingcomprises a series ofscientific reviews written by leading international scientists andsocial scientists in the field. The reviews undertake systematicanalyses of the evidence base surrounding five key themes, on whichthey propose future policies will have to be based. Aninternationally renowned team of Editors introduce each theme anddraw together conclusions in terms of both policy andpractice. Section 1 (Mental Capital and Wellbeing Through Life)– Mental capital refers to the totality of anindividual’s cognitive and emotional resources, includingtheir cognitive capability, flexibility and efficiency of learning,emotional intelligence and resilience in the face of stress. Theextent of an individual’s resources reflects his or her basicendowment (e.g. genes and early biological programming), motivationand experiences (e.g. education) which take place throughout thelife course. This section presents the very latest on the scienceof mental capital throughout life. Section 2 (Learning Through Life) provides a coherentoverview of a fast-moving and complex field of policy and practice.Educational attainment has a considerable impact on physical andmental wellbeing, both directly and indirectly, by enabling peoplebetter to achieve their goals. The ability to continue learningthroughout the lifespan is critical to a successful and rewardinglife in contemporary societies. Section 3 (Mental Health and Ill-Health) draws together themost recent evidence about positive mental health as well as arange of mental disorders to consider their importance to thepopulation and economy in terms of prevalence and disability andthe wider burden on society. Section 4 (Wellbeing and Work) – It is estimated that13 million working days are lost through stress each year, costingthe economy over £3.7 billion per annum. This theme exploresthose drivers that influence the nature and structure of work andthe impact this has on employee wellbeing. Section 5 (Learning Difficulties) – This theme providesa cutting-edge picture of how recent insights from genetics,cognitive and neuroscience improve our understanding of learningdifficulties such as dyslexia, dyscalculia andattention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder. Reviews focus on howcurrent research can contribute to early diagnosis and improvedintervention.

Author : David Pilgrim,Bernice Pescosolido,Anne Rogers
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781847873828

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The SAGE Handbook of Mental Health and Illness by David Pilgrim,Bernice Pescosolido,Anne Rogers Pdf

This title integrates the conceptual, empirical and evidence-based threads of mental health as an area of study, research and practice. It approaches mental health from two perspectives - firstly as a positive state of well-being and secondly as psychological difference or abnormality in its social context.

Author : Corey L.M. Keyes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789400751958

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Mental Well-Being by Corey L.M. Keyes Pdf

This book provides a new generation of research in which scholars are investigating mental health and human development as not merely the absence of illness or dysfunction, but also the presence of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being is a fundamental facet of the quality of life. The quality of an individual’s life can be assessed externally and objectively or internally and subjectively. From an objective standpoint, other people measure and judge another’s life according to criteria such as wealth or income, educational attainment, occupational prestige, and health status or longevity. Nations, communities, or individuals who are wealthier, have more education, and live longer are considered to have higher quality of life or personal well-being. The subjective standpoint emerged during the 1950s as an important alternative to the objective approach to measuring individual’s well-being. Subjectively, individuals evaluate their own lives as evaluations made, in theory, after reviewing, summing, and weighing the substance of their lives in social context. Research has clearly shown that measures of subjective well-being, which are conceptualized as indicators of mental health (or ‘mental well-being’), are factorially distinct from but correlated with measures of symptoms of common mental disorders such as depression. Despite countless proclamations that health is not merely the absence of illness, there had been little or no empirical research to verify this assumption. Research now supports the hypothesis that health is not merely the absence of illness, it is also the presence of higher levels of subjective well-being. In turn, there is growing recognition of the personal and social utility of subjective well-being, both higher levels of hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing. Increased subjective well-being has been linked with higher personal and social ‘goods’: higher business profits, more worker productivity, greater employee retention; increased protection against mortality; increased protection against the onset and increase of physical disability with aging; improved cognitive and immune system functioning; and increased levels of social capital such as civic responsibility, generativity, community involvement and volunteering. This edited volume brings together for the first time the growing scientific literature on positive mental health that is now being conducted in many countries other than the USA and provides students and scholars with an invaluable source for teaching and for generating new ideas for furthering this important line of research.

Author : Kwame McKenzie,Trudy Harpham
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781843103554

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Social Capital and Mental Health by Kwame McKenzie,Trudy Harpham Pdf

Why do some areas have a higher prevalence of mental illness than others? This book explores the concept of social capital & its implications for mental health policy. It reviews methods of measuring social capital, analyses the implications of research for future policy developments & makes recommendations for practice & research.

Author : Emi Golding,Peter Diaz
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781642793673

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Mental Wealth by Emi Golding,Peter Diaz Pdf

Mental Wealth reveals an approach to workplace mental health and wellbeing that is proven to actually get results. Despite having a huge impact on the productivity, profitability, and culture of organizations, there is very little guidance currently provided to managers and leaders on how to effectively manage workplace mental health and wellbeing. What does exist is often focused on the legal aspects of minimizing risk that it misses the psychology of workplace mental health and high performance and actually ends up creating risk for workplaces. Mental Wealth is a guide for managers and leaders on how to manage employees who may be experiencing mental health issues in the workplace. Founders of the Workplace Mental Health Institute, Peter Diaz and Emi Golding, provide an essential foundation for addressing workplace mental health. Some of the essential foundations discussed include dispelling myths about workplace mental health, the factors that cause and contribute to mental health issues, the impact those factors are having on workplaces, the benefits of addressing mental health appropriately, and 7 Pillars for a mentally Wealthy Workplace. Mental Wealth also includes case studies and practical strategies that can be implemented for immediate results.

Author : Professor Sarah Curtis
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409488644

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Space, Place and Mental Health by Professor Sarah Curtis Pdf

There is a strong case today for a specific focus on mental public health and its relation to social and physical environments. From a public health perspective, we now appreciate the enormous significance of mental distress and illness as causes of disability and impairment. Stress and anxiety, and other mental illnesses are linked to risks in the environment. This book questions how and why the social and physical environment matters for mental health and psychological wellbeing in human populations. While putting forward a number of different points of view, there is a particular emphasis on ideas and research from health geography, which conceptualises space and place in ways that provide a distinctive focus on the interactions between people and their social and physical environment. The book begins with an overview of a rich body of theory and research from sociology, psychology, social epidemiology, social psychiatry and neuroscience, considering arguments concerning 'mind-body dualism', and presenting a conceptual framework for studying how attributes of 'space' and 'place' are associated with human mental wellbeing. It goes on to look in detail at how our mental health is associated with material, or physical, aspects of our environment (such as 'natural' and built landscapes), with social environments (involving social relationships in communities), and with symbolic and imagined spaces (representing the personal, cultural and spiritual meanings of places). These relationships are shown to be complex, with potential to be beneficial or hazardous for mental health. The final chapters of the book consider spaces of care and the implications of space and place for public mental health policy, offering a broader view of how mental health might be improved at the population level. With boxed case studies of specific research ideas and methods, chapter summaries and suggestions for introductory reading, this book offers a comprehensive introduction which will be valuable for students of health geography, public health, sociology and anthropology of health and illness. It also provides an interdisciplinary review of the literature, by the author and by other writers, to frame a discussion of issues that challenge more advanced researchers in these fields.

Author : Michelle L. Cullen,Harvey Whiteford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health
ISBN : 0642503303

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The Interrelations of Social Capital with Health and Mental Health by Michelle L. Cullen,Harvey Whiteford Pdf

Author : C. Cooper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137309341

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From Stress to Wellbeing Volume 2 by C. Cooper Pdf

A comprehensive collection by Professor Cary Cooper and his colleagues in the field of workplace stress and wellbeing, which draws on research in a number of areas including stress-strain relationships, sources of workplace stress and stressful occupations. Volume 2 of 2.

Author : Michael T. Compton,Ruth S. Shim
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781585625178

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The Social Determinants of Mental Health by Michael T. Compton,Ruth S. Shim Pdf

The Social Determinants of Mental Health aims to fill the gap that exists in the psychiatric, scholarly, and policy-related literature on the social determinants of mental health: those factors stemming from where we learn, play, live, work, and age that impact our overall mental health and well-being. The editors and an impressive roster of chapter authors from diverse scholarly backgrounds provide detailed information on topics such as discrimination and social exclusion; adverse early life experiences; poor education; unemployment, underemployment, and job insecurity; income inequality, poverty, and neighborhood deprivation; food insecurity; poor housing quality and housing instability; adverse features of the built environment; and poor access to mental health care. This thought-provoking book offers many beneficial features for clinicians and public health professionals: Clinical vignettes are included, designed to make the content accessible to readers who are primarily clinicians and also to demonstrate the practical, individual-level applicability of the subject matter for those who typically work at the public health, population, and/or policy level. Policy implications are discussed throughout, designed to make the content accessible to readers who work primarily at the public health or population level and also to demonstrate the policy relevance of the subject matter for those who typically work at the clinical level. All chapters include five to six key points that focus on the most important content, helping to both prepare the reader with a brief overview of the chapter's main points and reinforce the "take-away" messages afterward. In addition to the main body of the book, which focuses on selected individual social determinants of mental health, the volume includes an in-depth overview that summarizes the editors' and their colleagues' conceptualization, as well as a final chapter coauthored by Dr. David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States, that serves as a "Call to Action," offering specific actions that can be taken by both clinicians and policymakers to address the social determinants of mental health. The editors have succeeded in the difficult task of balancing the individual/clinical/patient perspective and the population/public health/community point of view, while underscoring the need for both groups to work in a unified way to address the inequities in twenty-first century America. The Social Determinants of Mental Health gives readers the tools to understand and act to improve mental health and reduce risk for mental illnesses for individuals and communities. Students preparing for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) will also benefit from this book, as the MCAT in 2015 will test applicants' knowledge of social determinants of health. The social determinants of mental health are not distinct from the social determinants of physical health, although they deserve special emphasis given the prevalence and burden of poor mental health.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 924156461X

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Investing in Mental Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alison Tonkin,Julia Whitaker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351010436

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Play and playfulness for public health and wellbeing by Alison Tonkin,Julia Whitaker Pdf

The role of play in human and animal development is well established, and its educational and therapeutic value is widely supported in the literature. This innovative book extends the play debate by assembling and examining the many pieces of the play puzzle from the perspective of public health. It tackles the dual aspects of art and science which inform both play theory and public health policy, and advocates for a ‘playful’ pursuit of public health, through the integration of evidence from parallel scientific and creative endeavors. Drawing on international research evidence, the book addresses some of the major public health concerns of the 21st century – obesity, inactivity, loneliness and mental health – advocating for creative solutions to social disparities in health and wellbeing. From attachment at the start of life to detachment at life’s ending, in the home and in the workplace, and across virtual and physical environments, play is presented as vital to the creation of a new ‘culture of health’. This book represents a valuable resource for students, academics, practitioners and policy-makers across a range of fields of interest including play, health, the creative arts and digital and environmental design.

Author : Ruben S. Seetharamdoo Ph.D.
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781982280147

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5 1⁄2 Ways to Well-Being by Ruben S. Seetharamdoo Ph.D. Pdf

Well-being is not a probability that we might one day achieve. True well-being is our birthright, and by embracing the 5 ways to well-being that are outlined in this book, we can bring ourselves back into balance and experience optimal well-being. 5 Ways to Well-being is a ground-breaking work in the field of well-being and lifestyle medicine, written by an internationally renowned health coach, speaker and health scientist. 5 Ways to Well-being is not a book to just read and absorb. Instead, it is a book that you actively do. A book that prompts you to apply the most current research on well-being to your daily life. This book is not for everyone; it is for people who are proactive about their health. It is about you creating your best lifestarting right now! The greatest power you have is your ability to choose the way you perceive life and the choices you make about how you will act. Its a responsibility but also a great gift. Start your journey to a better lifestyle todaybe beautiful, be healthy, and enjoy every healthy step you take Highlights include: A treasury of lifestyle teaching and wellness practices, including meditation, rituals for self-care and connecting with nature; Innovative approaches to restoring your body with holistic lifestyle guidance rather than a list of rigid rules; How modern lifestyles contribute to chronic disease and how to restore vital health through lifestyle medicine; Experience greater physical energy, more joy, better sleep, improved digestion, stronger immunity and many other benefits in mind, body and soul.

Author : Sarah Mercer,Tammy Gregersen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780194405607

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Teacher Wellbeing by Sarah Mercer,Tammy Gregersen Pdf

This book seeks to support and maintain teacher wellbeing, particularly for language teachers, through a variety of approaches. While acknowledging the importance of contextual factors, the book serves as a practical guide for individual teachers, helping them discover strategies for nurturing and promoting their wellbeing.

Author : Thomas B. L. Kirkwood,Cary Cooper
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118608449

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Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Wellbeing in Later Life by Thomas B. L. Kirkwood,Cary Cooper Pdf

Wellbeing in Later Life uses the latest research from a variety of disciplines to address and correct common myths and misconceptions about aging. Covers topics ranging from biological mechanisms that affect aging to lifestyle, attitudes, and social factors Examines the challenges of humanity’s increasing life expectancy and includes recommendations for maintaining and enhancing wellbeing in later life Makes meaningful connections between research and practice to link aspects of aging which have previously been considered separate Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research from across the social sciences

Author : Mike Slade,Lindsay Oades,Aaron Jarden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107543058

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Wellbeing, Recovery and Mental Health by Mike Slade,Lindsay Oades,Aaron Jarden Pdf

This book brings together current research on recovery and wellbeing, to inform mental health systems and wider community development.