Handbook of Occupational Health and Wellness (eBook)

Dr. Robert Gatchel is the Nancy P. & John G. Penson Endowed Professor of Clinical Health Psychology, and the Chairman of Psychology, College of Science at the University of Texas at Arlington. He also holds two other positions: clinical research director at the Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at the University of Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and director of biopsychosocial research at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He is the author 23 books, 106 book chapters, and 318 scientific research articles. His clinical research, most of it in the areas of the etiology, assessment, and treatment of pain and disability, has been continuously funded over the past 30 years from grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He also received a prestigious Research Scientist Award from NIH, and has been honored with awards from various organizations such as the American Psychological Association, the American Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Management, the International Association for Dental Research, the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, the North American Spine Society, to name a few. Dr. Izabela Z. Schultz is Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology and Director of Graduate Program in Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling in the Department of Educational and Counselling and Special Education at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Schultz is doubly board certified as diplomate in clinical psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology and as diplomate of the American Board of Vocational Experts. She has received international awards for her innovative research on prediction of occupational disability and professional leadership awards for major contributions to medico-legal aspects of rehabilitation psychology. She has published several books and numerous seminal papers and book chapters in the field of occupational disability and rehabilitation. She is an editor of the Work and Disability Section of Springer’s Psychological Injury and the Law and a founding member of this international journal. Recently, she completed, with Dr. Sally Rogers, the pioneering Work Accommodation and Retention in Mental Health (Springer). Dr. Schultz is also a co-chair of the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on Assessment and Treatment of Persons with Disabilities. She has been leading development of best-evidence-informed practice guidelines in early musculoskeletal pain interventions, in work accommodation and retention in mental health, and in assessment and treatment of persons with disabilities.

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW.- Conceptual Approaches to Health and Wellness: An Overview.- Theories of Psychological Stress at Work.- The Growth of Occupational Health Psychology.- PART II: MAJOR SYMPTOMS AND DISORDERS IN THE WORKPLACE.- Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Pain.- Cardiovascular Disease and the Workplace.- Challenges Related to Mental Health in the Workplace.- Cancer in the Workplace.- The Problem of Abstenteeism and Presenteeism in the Workplace.- Occupational Burnout.- Self-medication and Illicit Drug Use in the Workplace.- Beyond the Playground: Bullying in the Workplace and its Relation to Mental and Physical Health Outcomes.- PART III: EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL CAUSES AND RISKS TO WORKERS’ HEALTH.- Mental Health Issues Relate to Healthy vs. Non-Healthy Workplaces.- Workplace Injury and Illness, Safety Engineering, Economics and Social Capital.- The Role of Work Schedule in Occupational Health and Safety.- Work-Family Balance Issues and Work-Leave Policies.- Workers’ Compensation and its Potential for Perpetuation of Disability.- PART IV: PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION METHODS.- Health and Wellness Promotion in the Workplace.- Stress Reduction Programs for the Workplace.- Primary and Secondary Prevention of Illness in the Workplace.- Organizational Aspects of Work Acommodations and Retention in Mental Health.- Employee Assistance Programs: Evidence and Current Trends.- PART V: RESEARCH, EVALUATION, DIVERSITY & PRACTICE.- Epidemiological Methods for Determining Potential Occupational Health and Illness Issues.- Program Evaluation of Prevention and Intervention Methods.- Gender and Cultural Considerations in the Workplace.- Addressing Occupational Workplace Issues "In Action": An Ongoing Study of Academic Nursing Program Directors.