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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
The world's only journal devoted exclusively to EAP content is asking EA professionals to respond to a brief (9 item) survey to help it continue to improve its content and relevance. The Journal of Employee Assistance is published quarterly by EAPA in both print and electronic form exclusively for EAPA members. Archived copies of every issue from 2005 to current also are available to members online. Take the survey now.
Psychotherapy Networker
For nearly 50 years, cognitive behavioral therapy has claimed higher scientific authority among the vast legion of psychotherapy approaches as a result of having more research demonstrate its effectiveness than any other therapeutic method. Increasingly, that track record of empirical evidence has been acknowledged and even translated into government funders and insurance companies requiring therapists to use CBT if they want to be reimbursed. But recent developments have raised questions about whether the effectiveness and scientific bona fides of CBT have been overstated.
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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
After a thorough search and selection process, Greg DeLapp has become CEO of EAPA, effective Jan. 1. He replaces Dr. John Maynard, who is stepping down after having served as EAPA's CEO for 12 years, a tenure that makes him the longest-serving CEO in EAPA/ALMACA history. Also as of Jan. 1, Jan Price has been promoted to Director of Professional Development and Credentialing. She maintains her previous responsibility for EAPA's professional education and training activities, while adding oversight of EAPA's credentialing programs, formerly managed by long-time Director of Credentialing, Shirley Springfloat. New Member Services Manager, Megan Moore, has replaced Earl Solloway, who retired last year. Other recent additions to staff are new Credentialing Administrator, Tori Botkin, and new Education Administrator, Coral Kennelty-Cohen. Contact information for these and all other staff can be found on the Contact Us page of EAPA's website.
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American Psychological Association
More than two-thirds of American children will experience a potentially traumatic life event by age 16, according to psychologist Anthony Mannarino, Ph.D. That number might sound high. But "when you think about violence, abuse, traffic accidents, bullying, deaths in the family — you can get up to two-thirds pretty quickly," he says.
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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
Impaired executive cases are often complex and highly visible. What might you need to do differently if you have a top-level executive as client? Two C-Suite client experts discuss this seldom-addressed topic in the cover story of the first quarter 2016 Journal of Employee Assistance. EAPA members can read this and other important articles in the current JEA here.
Business.com
As a supervisor, watching an employee struggle with substance abuse can be incredibly tough.
Employers do have a right to fire employees if their job performance declines due to substance abuse. However, many wish to help their employees constructively address addiction through a substance abuse treatment program. With all the focus on helping employees enter treatment, it's important to remember that rehab is just the first step. Helping employees re-enter in the workplace after treatment can be just as challenging, and it's just as important for long-term sobriety.
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Tech Crunch
Digital therapy is the new frontier of health innovation — and the tech world has taken notice. Myriad apps promise to make you happier, more mindful, less anxious — you name it.
But, do they work?
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The New York Times
The idea was to go out in an emotional swan dive, a lunge for the afterlife that would stretch his 17-year-old imagination. He settled on a plan and shared the details with a Facebook friend: He would drop DMT, a powerful psychedelic, and then cut his throat.
"Everyone was telling me what I could and couldn't do — doctors, my parents," said Frank, now a 19-year-old college student. "I was going to hurt myself, to show people, 'Look, I am still in control of my life.'" And so, in time, he was. Frank, who eight months earlier had received a diagnosis of psychosis, the signature symptom of schizophrenia, and had been in and out of the hospital, gradually learned to take charge of his own recovery, in a new approach to treatment for people experiencing a first psychotic "break" with reality.
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Benefits Pro
A new survey suggests employers have dramatically hiked their investment in wellness initiatives over the past five years.
To be clear, the survey of 202 HR professionals by RedBrickHealth, a firm that consults with employers about improving employee health, did not find that wellness programs are necessarily more common. But employers are spending more to encourage employees to adopt healthier lifestyles.
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Human Resource Executive Online
Towers Watson data suggests that companies are increasingly committed to wellness initiatives, but struggling to boost employee participation. Experts say employers and HR should start by getting a better grip on what type of wellness offerings their workers actually want and need.
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