Thrive
Subtitle: how better mental health care transforms lives and saves money
By: Richard Layard and David M. Clark ; [foreword by Daniel Kahneman]
Contributors: Clark, David M. (David Millar), 1954- author; Kahneman, Daniel, 1934- writer of foreward
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780691169637
Subjects: Mental health services; Mental health; Labor economics; Mental health policy
Other titles: How better mental health care transforms lives and saves money
Description: 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.
Notes: "Original edition first published in the United Kingdom as Thrive: the power of evidence-based psychological therapies by Penguin Books Ltd, London"--Title page verso. 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (page 319-366) and index.