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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
If you are seeking clarity on the hazy issue of marijuana legalization and its implications for the workplace, be sure to check out the sessions dedicated to this issue at the 2017 EAPA Conference & EXPO in Los Angeles! Sessions will include Weed in the Workplace: The Impact of Marijuana Legalization, EAP Talks: Cannabis @ Work, and Managing the Ever Changing Complexities of Drug Policies in the Workplace. In these sessions, subject matter experts will navigate through the dynamic challenges of cannabis at work, from policies and legal issues, to safety concerns and drug testing procedures. Learn from the best and create a safer and more productive workplace. Register today!
Employee Assistance Digital Archive
In 2013, Jodi Frey Ph.D., LCSW-C, CEAP and Patricia Herlihy Ph.D., RN created a global Employee Assistance Digital Archive hosted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work. The Archive continues to grow and is now home to 1,500 articles submitted by over 400 different authors. Over 3,000 people have visited the site and users from around the world continue to learn about and use the Archive for research and personal learning. The past six months have been an exciting time has important partnerships have resulted in an ever-growing compilation of historical and current works in employee assistance.
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A major Princeton University study reports that about half of prime age men who are not in the labor force may have a serious health condition that is a barrier to work. Nearly half of prime age NLF men take pain medication on a daily basis, and in nearly two-thirds of these cases they take prescription pain medication. Labor force participation has fallen more in areas where relatively more opioid pain medication is prescribed, causing the problem of depressed labor force participation and the opioid crisis to become intertwined. Learn more.
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Hurricanes don't strike every part of the country. But no corner of the United States is completely safe from natural disaster, including earthquakes, tornados, volcanic activity, or the kinds of wildfires currently burning in the West.
It's time to ask: Is your business prepared to handle a hurricane or other natural disaster? It's hard to get through an event like Harvey or Irma without a high level of disruption. But planning for that disruption and doing what you can to minimize its effects can make the difference between a business that will continue on after hurricane season is over and one that may have to shut its doors for good.
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Hartford Business
On Oct. 1, federal law takes effect requiring employers and federal agencies to screen for four more opioids — hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and oxymorphone — that have increasingly been showing up in workers' drug tests. Dan Boissonneault CEAP, a member of EAPA's board of directors, says widened testing for those narcotics will likely prompt users to turn to corporate and labor-union EAPs for help.
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Medical Xpress
For the first time, scientists have precisely identified and targeted an area of the brain which is involved in "hearing voices," experienced by many patients with schizophrenia. They have been able to show in a controlled trial that targeting this area with magnetic pulses can improve the condition in some patients. This early clinical work is presented at the ECNP conference in Paris on Tuesday 5th September, with later publication in Schizophrenia Bulletin.
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A recognized leader in comprehensive substance use services, Pinnacle Treatment Centers treat patients’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological well-being through services such as medical detox, inpatient, outpatient and transitional living programs. With locations across the Midwest and North Atlantic, we can help you provide your employees the help they need.
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Financial stress can have a serious impact on your employees’ performance, and has been reported to cost businesses an average of $7,000 per employee annually in lost productivity. Cambridge Credit Counseling is a nonprofit agency offering solutions to help your employees eliminate debt and alleviate the stress that debt causes.
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Business Insider
The next time you'll feeling a little burnt out at work, a 60-second check up by an artificial intelligence-based app could help you manage your stress levels and ward off depression.
The wellness app from Sydney startup Uprise, run by psychologist Dr. Jay Spence, has been developed in collaboration with major local employers, including property developer Lendlease, Braintree and Telstra.
The online program and app, which is due for commercial release next year, will use AI and chatbots to help people manage stress and check for depression.
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The New York Times
In today’s era of workplace burnout, achieving a simpatico work-life relationship seems practically out of reach. Being tired, ambivalent, stressed, cynical and overextended has become a normal part of a working professional life. The General Social Survey of 2016, a nationwide survey that since 1972 has tracked the attitudes and behaviors of American society, found that 50 percent of respondents are consistently exhausted because of work, compared with 18 percent two decades ago.
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Talent Economy
Opioid prescriptions have nearly quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the drugs help people manage pain, they are also addictive. Eight to 12 percent of opioid users develop an opioid use disorder, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The rise in prescriptions means more addiction, and drug abuse in the workplace means headaches for employers. The cure for that headache, though, is not a Band-Aid approach. Working toward solving the opioid problem in the workplace will require careful consideration in resources and prevention methods from employers.
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JourneyPure At The River offers the best in evidence-based addiction and mental health treatment. Our beautiful campus, located southeast of Nashville TN, offers a peaceful setting for healing the mind, body and spirit. MORE
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EHS Today
Despite recent low unemployment rates, job insecurity is so stressful that employees often suffer from a variety of physical and psychological problems, including heart disease, loss of sleep and psychological distress, according to new research from Ball State University’s College of Health.
Association of Job Insecurity with Health Risk Factors and Poorer Health in American Workers, published in the Journal of Community Health, also found that job insecure individuals in the United States are more likely to be male, racial minorities or multiracial adults, those with less than a college degree and 45-64 years old.
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Our compassionate staff has been helping people recover since 2001. Comprehensive care includes medically-monitored detox, inpatient rehab, residential rehab, and aftercare services. Learn More.
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