Rise of Mental Vulnerability at Work

Ari Väänänen is Research Professor at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. He has worked in various research units in several countries and as Vising Professor at the University of Kent.

• Preface1. Background: mental health crisis in the labour market2. Mental vulnerability and the moving target of mental health3. The vulnerability of work4. The vulnerability of cultural existence5. Mental vulnerability in the historical context6. The change in the understanding of occupational health7. The historical pathways of mental vulnerability in different occupations8. The current dynamics of vulnerability at work9. Mental vulnerability as a social practice10. The temporal nature of mental health at workAppendix: Original publications of the research group

“This highly original text provides an exciting new way of understanding the changing nature of mental health in modern society. It is both theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded and expands our grasp of the changing nature of work in western society.” Michael Murray, Keele University