Education, Communication, Respect

The following resources can be used to guide employers, human resource professionals, managers, and colleagues, along with the employees who struggle with mental disorders. The links lead to a range of topics including: best practices for inclusion; the complex issue of disclosure; invisible challenges of individual disorders; and suggestions pertaining to reasonable accommodations.

Books…Just a few of the many

Biographies

• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness – Kay Redfield Jamison  <
• Shoot the Damn Dog – A Memoir of Depression – Sally Brampton  <
• Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had – Brad Cohen  <
• Morning Has Broken: A Couple’s Journey Through Depression – Emme and Phillip Aronson  <
• Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl  <
• The Little Monster: Growing Up with ADHD – Robert Jergen <

Non-Fiction – Practical Information

• The Depression Cure – Stephen S. Ilardi, Ph.D.  <
• Bipolar Disorder – A Guide for Patients and Families – Fnacis Mark Mondimore M.D.  <
• Driven to Distraction – Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder – Edward M. Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey M.D. <
• Social Thinking at Work – Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke –  “Good Intentions Are Not Good Enough.” <

 

Be Counted!  Illuminate Mental Diversity at Work.
There is safety (AND strength) in numbers. “All for one, and one for all.”

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