Thrive: How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money

by Richard Layard and David M. Clark

Book Overview

A compelling argument for improving society's mental health through increased services and better policy 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691169632
• ISBN13: 9780691169637
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.6"