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The British Psychological Society - Community Psychology Section:
A Community Psychology Section response to `The Origins of Happines?

21 January 2018

In his new book 'The Origins of Happiness', Richard Layard argues that the biggest predictor of happiness is not any economic factor, but rather mental health. Based on this, Layard proposes a number of policy recommendations aimed at improving the population's well-being with a focus on individual change. The Community Psychology Section has written this response to Layard's book. 

Related publications

The Origins of Happiness by Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Natavudh Powdthavee and George Ward is published by Princeton University Press, January 2018

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