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Mental Health and Work: Issues and Perspectives DOCUMENT RESUME ED 472 573 CG 032 142 AUTHOR Morrow, Lou, Ed.; Verins, Irene, Ed.; Willis, Eileen, Ed. TITLE Mental Health and Work: Issues and Perspectives. ISBN ISBN-0-958-72285-4 PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 373p.; Produced by the Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention. AVAILABLE FROM Auseinet, Southern CAMHS, Flinders Medical Center, Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042. E-mail: [email protected]. For full text: http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/resources/auseinet/ mhw/index.php. PUB TYPE Reports Evaluative (142) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC15 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Foreign Countries; *Mental Disorders; *Mental Health; *Prevention; Program Descriptions; Psychological Patterns; *Quality of Working Life; Well Being; *Work Environment IDENTIFIERS *Australia ABSTRACT In Australia, there is increasing attention being paid to the promotion of mental health and the prevention of serious mental disorder by policymakers, funders, academics and service providers. This has requireda shift in thinking to focus on health and well being, not just on illness and treatment. The National Action Plan for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health 2000 is a national framework endorsed by the National Mental Health Working Group and the National Public Health Partnership. The Action Plan 2000 identifies the important relationship between work and emotional and social well being and regards it as a priority area for action. The present edited volume on mental health and work seeks to address this significant issue from a variety of perspectives. It is hoped that this volume will increase knowledge and understanding of the inextricable relationship between work and mental health and influence the development and implementation of effective strategies to promote mental health and prevent mental disorders. The original intent for this book was to consider the workplace as a target for universal approaches to mental health promotion and to record arange of successful national programs. What emerged from discussion was a need to consider work more broadly than workers and workplaces, and to therefore consider mental health and its promotion in the context of work in more depth. What has resulted is a rich archive of contemporary issues surrounding work in Australia, as well as seminal work from abroad. (Contains references at the end of each chapter.)(GCP) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. v^, Wantedto swap I von4.11250 Well paying job,little bcr ittfliS. autonomy, long hours, gi.15 incl. high stress levels. many Will trade forquality offor gt life & more timeto Coil spend with familyand friends. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1)C, Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessar ly represent official OERI position or policy PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 0 VicHealth 8. BEST COPY AVADLABLE Mental Health and Work Issues and Perspectives Edited by Lou Morrow Irene Verins Eileen Willis © Commonwealth of Australia 2002 3 Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia 2002 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the publisher, Auseinet, The Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction rights should be directed to the Program Manager, Auseinet, C/- Southern CAMHS, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042. Auseinet is a national project funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing under the National Mental Health Strategy and National Suicide Prevention Strategy. It is based at Flinders University, South Australia. The opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Commonwealth, Auseinet or VicHealth. Additional copies of this book may be obtained from: Office Manager, Auseinet Southern CAMHS Flinders Medical Centre Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042. Ph. +61 8 8404 2999 Email. [email protected] Morrow, L., Verins, I. and Willis, E. (2002). Mental Health and Work: Issues and Perspectives. Adelaide, Auseinet: The Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health. 1. Mental health and work2. Workplace wellbeing ISBN 0 958 72285 4 Cover graphic 'classified ad' created by the Student Project Team for Images and eResources, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University South Australia Original cartoons by Simon Kneebone Design and layout by Inprint Design 4 Foreword In Australia, there is increasing attention being paid to the promotion of mental health and the prevention of serious mental disorder by policymakers, funders, academics and service providers. This has required a shift in thinking to focus on health and wellbeing, not just on illness and treatment. The National Action Plan for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health 2000 is a national framework endorsed by the National Mental Health Working Group and the National Public Health Partnership. Itis a joint Commonwealth, State and Territory Initiative under the Second National Mental Health Plan, which provides a policy framework for the promotion of mental health and prevention and early intervention for mental health problems and mental disorders. The Action Plan 2000 identifies the important relationship between work and emotional and social wellbeing and regards it as a priority area for action. Auseinet (The Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health) is a national project funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to support the development and implementation of activities and initiatives that address mental health promotion and the prevention and early intervention for mental disorder. The present edited volume on Mental health and work: issues and perspectives, commissioned by Auseinet and developed in collaboration with VicHealth (the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation), seeks to address this significant issue from a variety of perspectives. Identity, meaning and participation are critical social and emotional dimensions of work. It has meaning for all individuals in society. As a consequence, work directly impacts on whole of community emotional and social wellbeing. It is our hope that this volume will increase knowledge and understanding of the inextricable relationship between work and mental health and influence the development and implementation of effective strategies to promote mental health and prevent mental disorders. The original intent for this book was to consider the workplace as a target for universal approaches to mental health promotion and to record a range of successful national programs. What emerged from discussion, and was reinforced by a seminar hosted by VicHealth in Mental health and work: issues and perspectives Melbourne in 2001, was a need to consider work more broadly than workers and workplaces, and to therefore consider mental health and its promotion in the context of work in more depth. What has resulted is a rich archive of contemporary issues surrounding work in Australia, as well as seminal work from abroad. We congratulate Lou Morrow for all her work in bringing together such a wide group of authors, and for seeing this work through with the help of co-editors Irene Verins and Eileen Willis. We commend it to you the reader. Professor Graham Martin Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Queensland National Adviser to Auseinet Jennie Parham National Project Manager Auseinet ii 6 Acknowledgements The editors would like to thank all the contributors for agreeing to be part of this project and for maintaining their enthusiasm. Special thanks to Auseinet national project manager Jennie Parham for unequivocal commitment throughout the project and funding for the publication, to Professor Graham Martin for initially sewing the seeds from which the book came to fruition, and to Auseinet team members for their ongoing support. We thank VicHealth CEO, Dr Rob Moodie and the staff of VicHealth for their contribution to, and dissemination of this publication, and ongoing commitment to the theory and practice of mental health promotion. Many others have assisted with the development, creative aspects and publication knowledge required to put together a volume of this kind. The editors thank Carolyn Emden and Margaret Bowden for their editorial expertise, layout and attention to detail, Simon Kneebone for his perceptive representations of mental health and work in his cartoons, the Student Project Team for Images and eResources for their creative talent and cover graphic design, Leigh Roeger for his statistical oversight and the Inprint Design team, especially Lee-anne, Natalie and Andrew. Auseinet especially thanks Eileen Willis (Flinders University) and Irene Verins (VicHealth) for their editorial and creative involvement over many months. iii 7 Contributors Ruth Allen is an experienced clinical psychologist who divides her time between the public mental health system, where
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