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Author: Richard Layard ,
David M. Clark ,
Daniel Kahneman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9780691169637
ISBN 10: 0691169632
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 15 September 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English
Reviews
Informative, poignant, and accessible to a broad readership. . . . The authors' engaging writing style, selection of topics and content organization make Thrive a great read. --Maura Pilotti, Metapsychology This book is nothing less than a sledgehammer to crack open the resting place of the Holy Grail: the Holy Grail of universal human happiness. --Roger Jones, British Journal of General Practice Layard and Clark . . . hit us with staggering statistics throughout the book, which is comprehensive yet accessible to readers without a background in psychology or psychiatry . . . Economist Richard Layard and clinical psychologist David M. Clark satisfy our craving for data, giving readers hard facts backed by years of research on one of the most neglected areas of medicine. --Resham Gellatly and Aaron T. Beck, Journal of Psychiatric Practice Layard and Clark have written a book that we all need to read, take careful notes on and, where possible, commit to memory. --Charlotte Pennington, Psychologist The argument for change posited by Layard and his co-author . . . is a strong one. --Chris Blackhurst, Independent If Layard and Clark are right, we seem at last to have found a gentle, nondisruptive and apparently risk-free way of dealing with the worst and most commonplace miseries of the mind. Let's do it. --Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times It is hard to argue with their case that the failure to help those in mental distress is an injustice. --Ian Birrell, Observer These champions of cognitive behavioral therapy have done more to turn mental health into practical politics than anyone before. --Polly Toynbee, Guardian One of the main obstacles preventing mental illness sufferers from receiving treatment is stigma. Thrive tries to dent this stigma by repeatedly trumpeting the prevalence of the disease while presenting a lodestar for radically improved mental health services that offer sufferers an indispensable ingredient for recovery: hope. --Brendan Daly, Sunday Business Post A compelling new book. --Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Extremely easy and pleasurable to read. It's the most comprehensive, humane and generous study of mental illness that I've come across. -Melvyn Bragg, author of The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language Remarkable ... presents the issues in a style that is easy for the professional, the general public, and policy makers to understand. -Aaron T. Beck, emeritus professor, University of Pennsylvania Layard and Clark (the Dream Team of British Social Science) make a compelling case for a massive injection of resources into the treatment and prevention of mental illness. This is simply the best book on public policy and mental health ever written. -Martin Seligman, author of Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being
Author Information
Richard Layard is one of the world's leading labor economists and a member of the House of Lords. He is the author of Happiness: Lessons from a New Science (Penguin), which has been translated into twenty languages. David M. Clark is professor of psychology at the University of Oxford. Layard and Clark were the main drivers behind the UK's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies program.
