Mental disorder, work disability, and the law
By: edited by Richard J. Bonnie and John Monahan.
Contributors: Bonnie, Richard J.; Monahan, John, 1946-
Series: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: People with mental disabilities -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Disability evaluation -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Description: A barrage of "handbooks" and "resource manuals" aimed at employers and legal practitioners on the employment rights of people with disabilities has begun to appear. Until now, however, there has been no serious book-length scholarly treatment of how mental disorder can affect work, how work can affect mental disorder, and the role of law in addressing employment discrimination based on mental rather than physical disability. In Mental Disorder, Work Disability and the Law, the editors bring together original work by leading scholars who have studied mental disorder and work disability from the fields of sociology, psychology, psychiatry, law, and economics. The authors' contributions build upon one another to create the first integrated account of the important policy issues at stake when law deals with the rights of mentally disordered citizens to work when they can, and to receive benefits when they are unable. This book will be of great value to scholars in law and the mental health professions, and to policy makers and the administrators of disability programs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.