As many as one in four adults in the workforce will suffer from
psychiatric illness in a given year. Such illness can have serious
consequences -- job loss, lawsuits, workplace violence--yet the effects
of mental health issues on job functioning are rarely covered in
clinical training. In addition, clinicians are often asked to provide
opinions on an employee's fitness for work or an evaluation for
disability benefits, only to find themselves embroiled in complex legal
and administrative conflicts. A unique collaboration between a renowned
clinical professor of psychiatry and a noted legal expert, Evaluating
Mental Health Disability in the Workplace approaches the topic from two
distinct areas: the legal context and issues relevant to disability and
disability-related evaluations, and the interplay of factors in the
relationship between work and psychiatric illness. From this dual
perspective, the authors advocate for higher professional standards
ensuring that employers, evaluees, or third parties are provided with
the most reliable information.
Key features of the book:
- A robust assessment model of psychological disability in the workplace
- Practice guidelines for conducting workplace mental health disability
evaluations
- Legal and ethical aspects of employment evaluations, especially as
they differ from clinical procedure
- Examination of the process of psychiatric disability development
- Issues specific to evaluations for Social Security, Workers'
Compensation, and other disability benefit programs
- Review of relevant administrative and case law.
As an introduction to these complex issues or for the further
improvement of evaluation skills, Evaluating Mental Health Disability
in the Workplace is a timely reference for psychiatrists,
psychologists, forensic mental health specialists, and attorneys in this
field.
