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Psychopathology in the Workplace: Recognition and Adaptation. Edited by Jay C. Thomas and Michel Herson. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
Psychopathology in the Workplace: Recognition and Adaptation is edited by Jay Thomas and Michel Hersen. The book's 21 chapters provide the reader with information relevant for the recognition and diagnosis of employee psychopathology at work and a description of organizational interventions which may be used to alleviate the effects of psychopathology. The impetus for the book is a growing recognition that the occurrence of pathological, dysfunctional behavior in organizations is greater than previously thought.
The book is divided into three sections. The first section provides the reader an overview of why the issue of psychopathology in the workplace is of growing concern to both academics and practitioners. Jay Thomas provides the first chapter. This chapter provides an introduction to the book and shows the need for discussion between clinical and industrial/organizational psychologists. This discussion allows the appropriate individual and organizational interventions to be selected. Thomas A. Widiger provides an overview of psychopathology in the second chapter based on eight alternative perspectives developed in the social sciences. Chapter 3 is devoted to a discussion of the relationship between stress and working conditions and work-life events. This chapter, by Jay C. Thomas and Mandy Davies, provides a conceptual framework for understanding this issue and uses case examples to illustrate this relationship. The final chapter in the...