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Handbook of Occupational Health and Wellness (Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability)

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Description for Handbook of Occupational Health and Wellness (Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability) Paperback. This book integrates clinical research in occupational health and wellness. Covers approaches to workplace health and wellness, common workplace problems such as presenteeism/abstenteeism, illnesses, job-related burnout, to prevention and intervention methods. Editor(s): Gatchel, Robert J.; Schultz, Izabela Z. Series: Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability. Num Pages: 576 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 36 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: MBN; MBNH9; MMRP; MQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 258 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1140.
This book integrates the growing clinical research evidence related to the emerging transdisciplinary field of occupational health and wellness. It includes a wide range of important topics, ranging from current conceptual approaches to health and wellness in the workplace, to common problems in the workplace such as presenteeism/abstenteeism, common illnesses, job-related burnout, to prevention and intervention methods. It consists of five major parts. Part I, “Introduction and Overviews,” provides an overview and critical evaluation of the emerging conceptual models that are currently driving the clinical research and practices in the field. This serves as the initial platform to help better understand ... Read more

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Format

Paperback

Publication date

2015

Publisher

Springer

Condition

New

Series

Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability

Number of Pages

576

Place of Publication

New York, United States

ISBN

9781489976352

SKU

V9781489976352

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99-15

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Dr. Robert Gatchel is the Nancy P. & John G. Penson Endowed Professor of Clinical Health Psychology, and the Chairman of Psychology, College of Science at the University of Texas at Arlington. He also holds two other positions: clinical research director at the Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at the University of Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and director ... Read moreof biopsychosocial research at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He is the author 23 books, 106 book chapters, and 318 scientific research articles. His clinical research, most of it in the areas of the etiology, assessment, and treatment of pain and disability, has been continuously funded over the past 30 years from grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He also received a prestigious Research Scientist Award from NIH, and has been honored with awards from various organizations such as the American Psychological Association, the American Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Management, the International Association for Dental Research, the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, the North American Spine Society, to name a few. Dr. Izabela Z. Schultz is Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology and Director of Graduate Program in Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling in the Department of Educational and Counselling and Special Education at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Schultz is doubly board certified as diplomate in clinicalpsychology, American Board of Professional Psychology and as diplomate of the American Board of Vocational Experts. She has received international awards for her innovative research on prediction of occupational disability and professional leadership awards for major contributions to medico-legal aspects of rehabilitation psychology. She has published several books and numerous seminal papers and book chapters in the field of occupational disability and rehabilitation. She is an editor of the Work and Disability Section of Springer’s Psychological Injury and the Law and a founding member of this international journal. Recently, she completed, with Dr. Sally Rogers, the pioneering Work Accommodation and Retention in Mental Health (Springer). Dr. Schultz is also a co-chair of the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on Assessment and Treatment of Persons with Disabilities. She has been leading development of best-evidence-informed practice guidelines in early musculoskeletal pain interventions, in work accommodation and retention in mental health, and in assessment and treatment of persons with disabilities. Show Less

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The purpose is to present a comprehensive review of the literature on occupational health and wellness that includes historical and contemporary foci. This is an excellent source of information in this field. The intended audience is students, educators, practitioners, and researchers in occupational health and wellness.” (Yvonne M. Randall, Doody’s Book Reviews, October, 2015) “The intended audience includes ‘physicians, ... Read more

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