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This chapter covers work and mental health. Specifically, it discusses the importance of an individual's job in relation to his mental health; specific factors in the work situation help make for greater satisfaction; factors in the work situation lead to the best working conditions and productivity; How does an individual's feelings about his work affect his feelings about his family, home and future; the methods used to determine the job for which an individual is best suited; are executives more susceptible to ulcers than employees; the most frequent problems encountered in the employer-employee relationship; what effect the influx of women into executive positions has had on industry; the attitudes of men in higher positions toward these women; are women given equality on jobs; how the concern of corporation management for the personal lives of its executives has affected the executive; what place the psychiatrist has in industry; how many companies employ psychiatrists or mental health personnel; qualities most often prescribed for a good executive; what has brought about the need for numerous company benefits; since many college students seem to prefer employment in large companies rather than in small ones or even to beginning their own new ventures, what are the reasons for this; the conditions of employment desired most by people looking for jobs; how automation has affected mental health; the effect of more automation on mental health in the future; how have new industries or relocation of industries affected the mental health of the individual; has the assembly line technique created emotional problems for certain employees; has the large corporation been responsible for creating the conforming man; How unions have affected the mental health of the employee and the employer; work therapy; does an individual have a basic need to work or is this a product of his culture; is an individual's job an indication of his personality and values; can a job change an individual's personality and values; is an employer a symbolic father to his employees; does an organization whose management holds itself aloof from employees have better productivity and morale than one that stresses familiarity between management and employees; what might be predicted about the problem of work in relation to mental health; and are there special problems of mental health for persons working for different jobs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)