Mental Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act
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- ISBN 9780899308265
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 1994
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, organizations that fail to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with mental disabilities may be subject to penalties and punitive damages. The Act does not, however, provide useful guidelines to help organizations comply--a gap that Dr. Fielder's book now fills. This manual shows that compliance is not difficult or expensive. In clear, concise language, it acquaints management with mental diagnoses, impairments, disabilities, the myths of mental illness and its affect on job performance, and provides samples of workplace accommodations and compliance plans. Practical and readable, the book is intended for management of organizations with 15 or more employees, their human resource staffs and employee assistance professionals, and legal counsel.
JOHN F. FIELDER, Ph.D. is President and founder of the California Institute of Psychology, San Francisco. Also a consultant to the business community on ADA compliance, he has written numerous articles dealing with various topics in psychology of interest to business. He is former director of training in clinical psychology at McAuley Neropsychiatric Institute, St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, and wrote a weekly column for the San Francisco Chronicle.
