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NATIONS . FOR. NATIONS FOR Mental HEALTH . Mental . HEALTH . Mental HEALTH and work : Impact, issues and good practices Mental HEALTH and work Mental HEALTH Policy and Service Development Department of Mental HEALTH and Substance Dependence Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental HEALTH World HEALTH Organization Target Group Unit InFocus Program on Knowledge, Skills and Employability International Labour Organisation WHO/ILO. Geneva 2000. Mental HEALTH policy and service development team Publications produced or distributed by NATIONS for Mental HEALTH Objectives and strategies To strengthen Mental HEALTH policies, legislation and plans through: increasing awareness of the burden associated with Mental HEALTH problems and the commitment Publications of governments to reduce this burden; helping to build up the technical capacity of countries to create, review and develop Mental HEALTH policies, legislation and plans; Gender differences in the epidemiology of affective disorders and schizophrenia.

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1 NATIONS . FOR. NATIONS FOR Mental HEALTH . Mental . HEALTH . Mental HEALTH and work : Impact, issues and good practices Mental HEALTH and work Mental HEALTH Policy and Service Development Department of Mental HEALTH and Substance Dependence Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental HEALTH World HEALTH Organization Target Group Unit InFocus Program on Knowledge, Skills and Employability International Labour Organisation WHO/ILO. Geneva 2000. Mental HEALTH policy and service development team Publications produced or distributed by NATIONS for Mental HEALTH Objectives and strategies To strengthen Mental HEALTH policies, legislation and plans through: increasing awareness of the burden associated with Mental HEALTH problems and the commitment Publications of governments to reduce this burden; helping to build up the technical capacity of countries to create, review and develop Mental HEALTH policies, legislation and plans; Gender differences in the epidemiology of affective disorders and schizophrenia.

2 And developing and disseminating advocacy and policy resources. WHO/MSA/ (Out of print). To improve the planning and development of services for Mental HEALTH through: NATIONS for Mental HEALTH : An overview of a strategy to improve the Mental HEALTH of strengthening the technical capacity of countries to plan and develop services; underserved populations. supporting demonstration projects for Mental HEALTH best practices; encouraging WHO/MSA/ operational research related to service delivery; and developing and disseminating resources related to service development and delivery. NATIONS for Mental HEALTH : A focus on women.*. WHO/MSA/ Financial support is provided from the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, the Johnson and Order n 1930123. 12. /in developing countries Johnson European Philanthropy Committee, the Government of Italy, the Government of Japan, the Government of Norway, the Government of Australia and the Brocher NATIONS for Mental HEALTH : Supporting governments and policy makers.

3 *. Foundation. WHO/MSA/ Order n 1930136. 10. /in developing countries 7.. NATIONS for Mental HEALTH : Schizophrenia and public HEALTH .*. WHO/MSA/ Order n 1930144. 10. /in developing countries 7.. NATIONS for Mental HEALTH : Recommendations for evaluation. WHO/MSA/ NATIONS for Mental HEALTH : The Mental HEALTH of indigenous peoples WHO/MNH/ Order n 1930168. 10. /in developing countries 7.. Videos NATIONS for Mental HEALTH video: Sriyawathie Rehabilitation of chronic psychiatric patients in Sri Lanka. Priced publications can be ordered through WHO, Marketing and Dissemination, 1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland. Tel: +4122 791 2476. Fax: +4122 791 4857. E-mail: Further information can be obtained by contacting: Dr Michelle Funk Mental HEALTH policy and service development (MPS). Department of Mental HEALTH and * These documents have been translated into Russian by the Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry.

4 Substance Dependence (MSD) Requests for copies in Russian should be directed through Dr Robert Van Voren, General World HEALTH Organization Secretary, Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry, PO Box 1282, 1200 BG Hilversum, Netherlands. CH - 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland Tel: 0031-35-6838727. Fax: 0031-35-6833646. E-mail: E-mail: Telephone: (41) 22 791 3855 These documents are available from our website: Fax: (41) 22 791 41 60 NATIONS . FOR. Mental . HEALTH . Mental HEALTH and work : Impact, issues and good practices Gaston Harnois Phyllis Gabriel Mental HEALTH Policy and Service Development Department of Mental HEALTH and Substance Dependence Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental HEALTH World HEALTH Organization Target Group Unit InFocus Program on Knowledge, Skills and Employability International Labour Organisation Geneva 2000.

5 Ii NATIONS for Mental HEALTH WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Harnois, Gaston. Mental HEALTH and work : impact, issues and good practices / Gaston Harnois, Phyllis Gabriel. ( NATIONS for Mental HEALTH ). HEALTH disorders - therapy HEALTH services - standards HEALTH services - standards of illness , Phyllis. ISBN 92 4 159037 8 (NLM classification: WA 495). ISSN 1726-1155. This publication is a reprint of material originally distributed as WHO/MSD/ This publication is a joint product of the World HEALTH Organization and the International Labour Organisation. World HEALTH Organization 2002. All rights reserved. Publications of the World HEALTH Organization can be obtained from Marketing and Dissemination, World HEALTH Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel: +41 22 791 2476; fax: +41 22 791 4857; email: Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution.)

6 Should be addressed to Publications, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806; email: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World HEALTH Organization or the International Labour Organisation concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers' products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World HEALTH Organization or the International Labour Organisation in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.)

7 Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. The World HEALTH Organization and the International Labour Organisation does not warrant that the information contained in this publication is complete and correct and shall not be liable for any damages incurred as a result of its use. Printed in Switzerland. Layout by Mental HEALTH and work : Impact, issues and good practices iii Contents Preface vi Chapter 1. Introduction Scope of the problem 1. Mental HEALTH problems cause disability 1. Using the workplace to prevent Mental HEALTH problems and provide solutions for referral and rehabilitation 3. Chapter 2. The importance of work to an individual's Mental HEALTH The workplace and Mental well-being 5. Categories of psychological experience 5.

8 Chapter 3. The workplace and Mental HEALTH Promotion of Mental HEALTH in the workplace 6. Good Practice: Workplace activities for Mental HEALTH United Kingdom 7. Job stress the stressful characteristics of work 6. Consequences of Mental HEALTH problems in the workplace 8. Mental HEALTH and unemployment 9. Chapter 4. Mental HEALTH an imperative concern Issues facing employers and managers 11. Good Practice: Promotion/prevention a case study on organizational stress 12. Country examples 13. United Kingdom the HEALTH of the nation 14. Mental HEALTH issues in Finnish workplaces 14. Good Practice: Total wellness programme, Finland 15. Targeted intervention to facilitate return to work in Canada 14. Good Practice: The use of group process to facilitate work reintegration 16. Action needed 15.

9 Specific steps an employer can take to help an employee return to work after treatment for a Mental HEALTH problem such as depression 15. Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) 16. Practical suggestions for small businesses 17. Good Practice: Employee Assistance Programme, USA 18. iv NATIONS for Mental HEALTH Chapter 5. work as a mechanism for reintegrating persons with serious Mental illness Size and profile of this group 19. Historical perspective 19. Deinstitutionalization 19. Organization of services 21. Psychosocial rehabilitation 21. Developing work skills 22. Current context: changes in the nature of work 23. Overcoming obstacles affecting clients' ability to access work 24. Context 25. Overcoming obstacles linked to the illness 25. Overcoming obstacles linked to lack of educational training and lack of work experience 26.

10 Good Practice: Supported education in Boston Choose/Get/Keep 27. Overcoming obstacles linked to prejudice and stigma 28. Myths about Mental illness and the workplace 29. Overcoming obstacles linked to government policy 30. Overcoming obstacles linked to the labour market 31. The perspective of international agencies 32. United NATIONS 32. World Bank and the Harvard Report 33. International Labour Organisation 34. World HEALTH Organization 36. Nongovernmental organizations 37. Overseeing training and employment of persons with disabilities 37. Good Practice: Vocational rehabilitation for individuals with a psychiatric disability 38. the Australia experience Rights of persons with serious Mental HEALTH problems with respect to access to work 39. International variations pertaining to culture, social structure and economics that may exist in developing countries 39.


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