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.”
© October 2015
