Behavioral Health Disability Innovations in Prevention and Managemen
Behavioral Health Disability Innovations in Prevention and Management Pamela A. Warren It’s a frequent occurrence: a sick worker is treated for physical symptoms, but receives little care for the accompanying psychological problems. The employee is put on
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Behavioral Health Disability Innovations in Prevention and Management
Pamela A. Warren Editor
Behavioral Health Disability Innovations in Prevention and Management
Editor Pamela A. Warren Carle Physician Group, Urbana Urbana USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-0-387-09813-5 e-ISBN 978-0-387-09814-2 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-09814-2 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936980 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer soft-ware, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
People have experienced mental health concerns throughout the course of history, as can be seen from the different terms that have been used over the years to describe these concerns, such as “different,” “special,” “touched,” “mad,” and “having a fit,” among others. Of course, for most of history there wasn’t a societal system to provide services to these individuals. Instead, frequently families took care of their members, or the person resorted to begging for daily necessities. As an example, although individuals involved in the westward expansion undoubtedly experienced the mental health conditions we know today, the necessity of providing for the basic human needs of shelter, food, and clothing took priority over the option of not working because of the dire consequences for such actions. This pattern can be observed over each subsequent societal evolution. In the interim, there have been extensive advances in the understanding and professional treatment of mental health conditions. Moreover, the advancement of technology coupled with the general decrease in the necessity for hard physical labor has, without a doubt, made most aspects of daily living easier, and the overall quality of life has dramatically improved. Yet, despite these improvements, there is still an overall prevalence of mental health condi
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