Psychopathology in the Workplace

Psychopathology in the Workplace
Author: Jay C. Thomas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135953422

A unique collection of work, this text represents the most inclusive resource on the issues surrounding psychopathology in the workplace.

Handbook of Mental Health in the Workplace

Handbook of Mental Health in the Workplace
Author: Jay C. Thomas
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2002-08-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780761922551

Clinicians are growing more aware of the extent of mental health concerns in today's workforce. Organizations now need to contend with issues related to disruptive psychopathological behaviour. The Handbook of Mental Health in the Workplace is a timely reference tool to assist researchers and academics, in the fields of occupational psychology and human resource management. It includes papers from expert contributors that provide the latest research and up-to-date developments in this area. This Handbook stimulates new perspectives on established theories and generates practical, yet rigorous, solutions to new problems.

Corporate Psychopathy

Corporate Psychopathy
Author: Katarina Fritzon
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2019-12-23
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3030271889

This book analyses the conceptualization of psychopathic personality disorder for criminal/forensic populations and examines in depth the emerging phenomenon of the ‘corporate psychopath’. In doing so its authors expose the paradoxical nature of the disorder: while it is frequently associated with antisocial, criminal and predatory behaviour, more recent studies have highlighted examples of creative, visionary and inspiring leaders who are also found to present a high degree of psychopathy. They focus on the nature, behaviours and consequences of psychopathy in executives and across the organization, offering an important contribution to the emerging body of research on psychopathy and other problematic personality constructs in the workplace. The book will appeal to scholars, students and professionals across the discipline, and particularly to those working in workplace, forensic and personality psychology.

Psychopathology of Work

Psychopathology of Work
Author: Christophe Dejours
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0429918186

This book examines the processes at issue in the onset of psychiatric disorders linked to stress in the workplace. Six clinical observations are presented: an acute psychosomatic decompensation (status asthmaticus); a delirious episode; a dementia-like confusional state; a sexuality disorder; two successive decompensations (one in a victim of workplace harassment and one in her aggressor); and a suicide. Each is explored in detail, from aetiology to treatment, bringing into sharp relief the differences between conventional analysis and the interpretation of material in light of the reference to work. These studies have been written by psychoanalysts and may be used as a training resource for practitioners and students alike. For any professional or researcher involved in the world of work, these observations will offer a deeper understanding of this particular work-related mental pathology which characterises the development of our contemporary society.

Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace

Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace
Author: Jeffrey P. Kahn, M.D.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-11-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780787962159

Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace is a comprehensive and practical guide to identifying, understanding, preventing, and resolving individual and organizational mental health problems in the workplace. Originally published as Mental Health in the Workplace (Van Nostrand/Wiley, 1993), this completely revised, updated, and expanded edition represents the most current thinking in the field and contains contributions from an expert panel of organizational and occupational psychiatrists. With fifty percent more chapters, this new edition adds essential material on creating systems and cultures that encourage organizational productivity and employee mental health and on finding cost-effective,quality mental health care. The book focuses on problems that start "at the top" (executive dysfunction) as well as on the effects of organizational structure, office politics, chronic change, downsizing and employment uncertainty, office wide emotional crises, and aspects of organizational development. In addition, this helpful resource includes information about such basic issues as anxiety, stress, burnout, depression, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, and psychosis.

International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law

International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law
Author: Alan R. Felthous
Publisher: LibreDigital
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2007
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780470066386

Reflecting the work of an international panel of experts, the International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law offers an in-depth and multidisciplinary look at key aspects of the development and etiology of psychopathic disorders, current methods of intervention, treatment and management, and how these disorders impact decision making in civil and criminal law.

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Occupational Safety and Workplace Health

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Occupational Safety and Workplace Health
Author: Sharon Clarke
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2015-09-23
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1118978994

A Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Psychology focusing on occupational safety and workplace health. The editors draw on their collective experience to present thematically structured material from leading thinkers and practitioners in the USA, Europe, and Asia Pacific Provides comprehensive coverage of the major contributions that psychology can make toward the improvement of workplace safety and employee health Equips those who need it most with cutting-edge research on key topics including wellbeing, safety culture, safety leadership, stress, bullying, workplace health promotion and proactivity