1st Edition
Tackling Depression at Work A Practical Guide for Employees and Managers
Introduction: Some rules of the game. Résumé: To whom it May Concern. Sizing Things UP: The Prevalence of Workplace Disability. Reading the Game: Well-pitched Intervention and Support. When Someone is 'Off Their Game': Signals that Indicate a Problem. Early Intervention Scores Goals: Managerial Strategies. Managing Time-out: Mental Illness and its Knock-on Effects. Support: From the Team and from the Sidelines. Individual Fitness: Assisting Recovery from Impairment. Carrying and Injury Into the Game: To Disclose or Not to Disclose. Agreeing on the Goals: Aligning Worker and Workplace Expectations. Improving the Odds: Matching Personal Skills to the Workplace. Work is a Contact Sport: Contracts that Encourage Fair Play. Stories From the Change Room: People tell about Managing their Mood Disorder. Appendix 1: Measure of Workplace Wellbeing and Happiness.
Biography
Kerrie Eyers is a psychologist, teacher and editor with many years' experience in mental health, based at the Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia.
Gordon Parker is Scientia Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales and Executive Director of the Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia. He is a renowned researcher with over 30 years' experience with mood disorders.
"A practical and positive guide for both employees and their employers" Gerry Harvey, Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd
"Depression in the workplace needs to be better understood, spoken about and dealt with. This book offers refreshing insights for everyone involved" Sharan Burrow, former president, ACTU, and General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation
