
Wellbeing : A Complete Reference Guide, Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing.
Title:
Wellbeing : A Complete Reference Guide, Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing.
Author:
Huppert, Felicia A.
ISBN:
9781118716168
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (624 pages)
Series:
Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks
Contents:
Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing -- Contents of this Volume -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide -- Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide -- Introduction to this Volume -- Chapter 1 The State of Wellbeing Science: Concepts, Measures, Interventions, and Policies -- Part 1 Individual and Group Interventions across the Life Course -- Chapter 2 Parenting Interventions to Promote Wellbeing and Prevent Mental Disorder -- Chapter 3 Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools -- Chapter 4 An Exploration of the Effects of Mindfulness Training and Practice in Association with Enhanced Wellbeing for Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Practice -- Chapter 5 MindMatters: Implementing Mental Health Promotion in Secondary Schools in Australia -- Chapter 6 A Systematic Review of Mental Health Promotion in the Workplace -- Chapter 7 Wellbeing Begins with "We": The Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Interventions that Increase Social Closeness -- Chapter 8 The Experience Corps®: Intergenerational Interventions to Enhance Wellbeing Among Retired People -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 10 Wellbeing as a Business Priority: Experience from the Corporate World -- Chapter 11 The Power of Philanthropy and Volunteering -- Chapter 12 Community Change: The Complex Nature of Interventions to Promote Positive Connections -- Chapter 13 The Health and Wellbeing Effects of Active Labor Market Programs -- Part 3 The Policy Perspective -- Chapter 14 Creating Good Lives Through Computer Games.
Chapter 15 Retooling for Wellbeing: Media and the Public's Mental Health -- Chapter 16 Policy and Wellbeing: The U.K. Government Perspective -- Chapter 17 Measuring what Matters -- Chapter 18 Mental Health and Wellbeing at the Top of the Global Agenda -- Chapter 19 How can Subjective Wellbeing be Improved? -- Index.
Abstract:
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 health Covers interventions for individuals across the lifespan, as well as those for organizations, communities, and entire populations Looks at policy initiatives and approaches with a focus on the integration of new technology and the role of the media Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research from across the social sciences.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Genre:
Added Author:
Electronic Access:
Click to View