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Thrive
Layard, Richard; Clark, David M.
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Description for Thrive
hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Mental illness is a leading cause of suffering in the modern world. In sheer numbers, it afflicts at least 20 percent of people in developed countries. It reduces life expectancy as much as smoking does, accounts for nearly half of all disability claims, is behind half of all worker sick days, and affects educational achievement and income. There are effective tools for alleviating mental illness, but most sufferers remain untreated or undertreated. What should be done to change this? In Thrive, Richard Layard and David Clark argue for fresh policy approaches to how we think about and deal with mental ... Read more
Mental illness is a leading cause of suffering in the modern world. In sheer numbers, it afflicts at least 20 percent of people in developed countries. It reduces life expectancy as much as smoking does, accounts for nearly half of all disability claims, is behind half of all worker sick days, and affects educational achievement and income. There are effective tools for alleviating mental illness, but most sufferers remain untreated or undertreated. What should be done to change this? In Thrive, Richard Layard and David Clark argue for fresh policy approaches to how we think about and deal with mental ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691169637
SKU
V9780691169637
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99-15
About Layard, Richard; Clark, David M.
Richard Layard is one of the world's leading labor economists and a member of the House of Lords. He is the author of Happiness: Lessons from a New Science (Penguin), which has been translated into twenty languages. David M. Clark is professor of psychology at the University of Oxford. Layard and Clark were the main drivers behind the UK's Improving ... Read more
Reviews for Thrive
"A compelling new book."
Martin Wolf, Financial Times "One of the main obstacles preventing mental illness sufferers from receiving treatment is stigma. Thrive tries to dent this stigma by repeatedly trumpeting the prevalence of the disease while presenting a lodestar for radically improved mental health services that offer sufferers an indispensable ingredient for recovery: hope."
Brendan Daly, Sunday Business Post "These champions ... Read more
Martin Wolf, Financial Times "One of the main obstacles preventing mental illness sufferers from receiving treatment is stigma. Thrive tries to dent this stigma by repeatedly trumpeting the prevalence of the disease while presenting a lodestar for radically improved mental health services that offer sufferers an indispensable ingredient for recovery: hope."
Brendan Daly, Sunday Business Post "These champions ... Read more