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Behavioral risk management : how to avoid preventable losses from mental health problems in the workplace / Rudy M. Yandrick ; foreword by Michael A. Freeman, general editor.

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Behavioral risk management : how to avoid preventable losses from mental health problems in the workplace / Rudy M. Yandrick ; foreword by Michael A. Freeman, general editor.
Author
Yandrick, Rudy M.
Publication
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.

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Freeman, Michael A.
Description
xix, 410 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  • Behavioral Risk Management details how to identify potential mental health and behavioral problems on the job and outlines the intervention strategies that are most effective in preventing the behavioral risk. And to help employers reduce the destructive effect on both the worker and the workplace, the author, Rudy M.
  • Yandrick demonstrates how decreasing a broad variety of problems not only saves on healthcare costs but also reduces absenteeism, high turnover, employee and customer lawsuits, workers' compensation claims, and recruitment and training expenses. Behavioral Risk Management is filled with illustrative case examples and suggestions for implementing effective approaches, such as employee assistance programs, conflict resolution, safety management, and wellness and health promotion.
  • Yandrick, offers specific guidelines for evaluating individual and organizational behavior and risk exposure, measuring the effectiveness of current behavioral risk strategies, and introducing new programs, services, and benefits that can be applied in the managed healthcare environment.
Series Statement
The Jossey-Bass managed behavioral healthcare library
Uniform Title
Jossey-Bass managed behavioral healthcare library.
Subject
  • Industrial psychiatry
  • Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Michael A. Freeman -- Introduction: The Paradigm Shift -- 1. Behavioral Problems in the Workplace -- 2. What Is Behavioral Risk Management? -- 3. Auditing Your Employees' Behavioral Risks -- 4. Assessing Organizational Factors That Contribute to Behavioral Risks -- 5. Determining the Right Strategy for Your Organization -- 6. Organizational Interventions -- 7. Behavioral Risk Training -- 8. Staffing the Behavioral Risk Management Function -- 9. Behavioral Risk Management in Action -- 10. Preemployment Screening: Catching Behavioral Problems Before They Walk Through the Door -- 11. Computers: The Means to the End -- 12. Navigating the Legal and Public Policy Issues -- 13. Behavioral Risk Management at Eye Level.
ISBN
0787902209 (alk. paper)
LCCN
95026783
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries