Interventions and policies to enhance wellbeing /

Interventions and policies to enhance wellbeing /

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Imprint:Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
©2014
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Wellbeing : a complete reference guide ; volume VI
Wellbeing : a complete reference guide ; volume VI.
Subject:
Health promotion.
Mental health promotion.
Public welfare.
Well-being.
Human comfort.
Health Promotion
Public Assistance
Social Welfare
Human comfort
Health promotion
Mental health promotion
Public welfare
Well-being
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13619352
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Other authors / contributors:Huppert, Felicia A.
ISBN:9781118608357
1118608356
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1118716140
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9781118716168
9781118608357
1118608356
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Using an evidence-based approach and case studies from a wide range of life domains, Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing examines the most successful existing strategies to promote wellbeing and mental health. Discusses the results of the latest research in the science of wellbeing and their implications for improved learning, creativity, productivity, relationships, and healthCovers interventions for individuals across the lifespan, as well as those for organizations, communities, and entire populationsLooks at policy initiatives and approaches with a focus on the integration.
Other form:Print version: Interventions and policies to enhance wellbeing 9781118608357
Table of Contents:
  • About the Editors
  • Contributors
  • Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide
  • Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide
  • Introduction to this Volume
  • 1. The State of Wellbeing Science: Concepts, Measures, Interventions, and Policies
  • Part 1. Individual and Group Interventions across the Life Course
  • 2. Parenting Interventions to Promote Wellbeing and Prevent Mental Disorder
  • 3. Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools
  • 4. An Exploration of the Effects of Mindfulness Training and Practice hi Association with Enhanced Wellbeing for Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Practice
  • 5. MindMatters: Implementing Mental Health Promotion in Secondary Schools in Australia
  • 6. A Systematic Review of Mental Health Promotion in the Workplace
  • 7. Wellbeing Begins with "We": The Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Interventions that Increase Social Closeness
  • 8. The Experience Corps®: Intergenerational Interventions to Enhance Wellbeing Among Retired People
  • 9. Enhancing Mental Health and Mental Wellbeing in Older People: Important Concepts and Effective Psychosocial Interventions
  • Part 2. Interventions to Create Positive Organizations and Communities
  • 10. Wellbeing as a Business Priority: Experience from the Corporate World
  • 11. The Power of Philanthropy and Volunteering
  • 12. Community Change: The Complex Nature of Interventions to Promote Positive Connections
  • 13. The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Active Labor Market Programs
  • Part 3. The Policy Perspective
  • 14. Creating Good Lives Through Computer Games
  • 15. Retooling for Wellbeing: Media and the Public's Mental Health
  • 16. Policy and Wellbeing: The U.K. Government Perspective
  • 17. Measuring what Matters
  • 18. Mental Health and Wellbeing at the Top of the Global Agenda
  • 19. How can Subjective Wellbeing be Improved?
  • Index

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