| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) |
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Part one. The problem. 1. What's the problem? ; 2. What is mental illness? ; 3. How many suffer? ; 4. Do they get help? ; 5. How does it affect people's lives? ; 6. The economic cost ; 7. What causes mental illness? -- Part two. What can be done? 8. Does therapy work? ; 9. How therapies are developed ; 10. What works for whom? ; 11. Can we afford more therapy? ; 12. Improving access to psychological therapies ; 13. What works for young people? ; 14. Can we prevent mental illness? ; 15. Would a better culture help? ; 16. Stop this pain |
| Summary |
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 wi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
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Mental health services -- Great Britain
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Mental health -- Great Britain
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Labor economics -- Great Britain
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Mental health policy -- Great Britain
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Mental health services.
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Mental Health Services
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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Labor economics
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Mental health
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Mental health policy
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Mental health services
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kahneman, Daniel, 1934- writer of foreword.
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Clark, David M. (David Millar), 1954- author.
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| ISBN |
9781400873333 |
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1400873339 |
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9780241960516 |
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0241960517 |
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