The Crisis Of Competence

First published in 1990. As the fifteenth volume of the Brunner/Mazel Psychosocial Stress Series, this book focuses on a psychosocial stressor that affects thousands of people every year. The authors argue that the displaced worker is denied the dignity bestowed by employment, in addition to a source of income, security, and insurance benefits. This volume forms a new orientation for thinking about human behavior under extraordinary conditions.

Maida Et Al.,

Editorial Note, Acknowledgments, Foreword by Alfred H. Katz, Preface, 1. Community Crisis: Individual and Collective Responses to Job Loss, 2. The Mental Health of Displaced Workers: An Overview, 3. Displaced Worker Programs: A Community-Crisis Approach, 4. The Mental Health Consultation Model and Displaced Worker Programs, 5. Shutdown at Southgate: The Closing of a General Motors Assembly Plant, 6. Competence and Empowerment: Prevention Approaches, 7. Clinical Perspectives on Displaced Workers, References, Name Index, Subject Index, About the Authors