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PSYCHOLOGY


                                   NEW                                               Discrimination

                                 Work–Life Balance                                   against the
                                                                                     Mentally Ill
                                 JANICE ARENOFSKY
                                                                                     MONICA A. JOSEPH
                                 This powerful resource
                                 investigates how a positive                          “ Readers of this book will
                                 work–life balance can help create                     learn a great deal about
                                 engaged, productive employees,                        the policies that have
                                 how imbalances in work–life                           reflected, promoted, and
                                 balance create serious issues for                     perpetuated discrimination
            GREENWOOD            workers, and identifies different   GREENWOOD         against people with
            January 2017         ways to greatly improve one’s   February 2016         mental illnesses.
            231pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4                                  236pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4                   ”
            Print: 978-1-4408-4713-4  work–life balance.        Print: 978-1-61069-891-7        —PsycCRITIQUES,
            $40.00, £31.00, €37.00                              $40.00, £31.00, €37.00          November 17, 2016
            eBook: 978-1-4408-4714-1  FEATURES                  eBook: 978-1-61069-892-4
                                 •  Gives readers an in-depth   How have individuals with mental illness been treated
              look at the history of work, from prehistory to the present  historically and what are their experiences today? This
            •  Offers practical, scientifically tested solutions to organizational   book investigates the historical and contemporary forms of
              problems such as burnout, absenteeism, and presenteeism  discrimination faced by those with mental illness.


            JANICE ARENOFSKY, MLS, is a professional writer.
                                                                MONICA A. JOSEPH, PhD, is adjunct lecturer at Columbia
                                                                School of Social Work, New York, NY, and assistant professor
                                                                in the Behavioral Sciences and Human Services Department at
                                 Cutting and                    Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New
                                 Self-Harm                      York, Brooklyn, NY.
                                 CHRIS SIMPSON

                                  “ The book provides                                Suicide and
                                                                                     Mental Health
                                   an uncomplicated, if
                                   cursory, overview of                              RUDY NYDEGGER
                                   self-injury that may be
                                   useful to non-professional                         “ With an informative,
                                   readers as a brief                                  comprehensive narrative,
                                   introduction to the topic.                          the book can serve as
            GREENWOOD                                                                  an excellent resource
                                                ”
            September 2015         Recommended.
            193pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4            —Choice, May 2, 2016                         on suicide and suicide
            Print: 978-1-61069-872-6                                                   prevention for students
            $39.00, £30.00, €36.00  What is self-harm and what   GREENWOOD             and health care providers
            eBook: 978-1-61069-873-3                                                   as well as patients
                                 causes it? Learn the terms and   October 2014
                                 concepts related to this type of   153pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4  and their families.
                                                                                                    ”
                                 behavior.                      Print: 978-1-61069-583-1  Recommended.
                                                                $37.00, £29.00, €34.00
            FEATURES                                                                          —Choice, July 1, 2015
                                                                eBook: 978-1-61069-584-8
            •  Offers realistic and common case samples that promote
              better understanding                              Delving into a topic of perennial interest and concern,
                                                                particularly among teenagers, this important volume addresses
                                                                the full range of issues related to suicide and suggests ways to
            CHRIS SIMPSON, PhD, is associate professor of counseling at   help those who struggle.
            Texas A&M University–Commerce.

              ALSO OF INTEREST                                  RUDY NYDEGGER, PhD, is professor of management and
                                                                psychology at the School of Management at Union Graduate
            Check out more Health and Medical Issues Today series titles on   College and in the Department of Psychology at Union College,
            page 102.                                           Schenectady, NY.
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