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EAPA
Engaging speakers sought to articulate EAP ideas for 15 minute "EAP Talks" to be recorded and made available to the public. Tell us what you want to share with the world about EAP! The call for proposals process has been updated to accept proposals for this special session. Four speakers will be selected for this opportunity. The talks will be captured as video files and will be uploaded to the Internet for public viewing post conference. One talk will be released every three months. Click here for more information and to submit your proposal. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 19.
The New York Times
Engaging in profanity at work or with co-workers online is certainly controversial, especially when the profanity is directed at managers or harms the company's reputation. But tolerance for swearing varies from workplace to workplace. The question at the heart of many such cases is whether an employee's swearing (or alleged swearing) is truly the reason for a firing or other disciplinary action.
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Yale University
Researchers in a report released recently say they can apply their knowledge of tobacco, alcohol and drug addiction to the reasons why some people eat compulsively.
The report by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse was written as part of the organization's new partnership with the Yale University Schools of Medicine and Public Health.
Among the researchers who reviewed the paper and provided feedback was Carlos M. Grilo, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and of psychology at Yale, and director of the university's Program for Obesity Weight and Eating Research.
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Psych Central
New research suggest taking the higher ethical ground may be associated with a managerial style that castigates employees.
Russell Johnson, Ph.D., an associate professor of management at Michigan State University, believes ethical conduct leads to mental exhaustion and the "moral licensing" to lash out at employees.
The study appears online in the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Moral licensing is a phenomenon in which people, after doing something good, feel they have earned the right to act in a negative manner, Johnson said.
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The Atlantic
Here's a thought experiment: You're walking down the street with a friend when your companion falls and gashes her leg on the concrete. It's bleeding; she’s in pain. It's clear she's going to need stitches. What do you do?
This one isn't exactly a head-scratcher. You'd probably attempt to offer some sort of first-aid assistance until the bleeding stopped, or until she could get to medical help. Maybe you pick her up and help her hobble towards transportation, or take her where she needs to go.
Here's a harder one: What if, instead of an injured leg, that same friend has a panic attack?
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Psychotherapy Networker
In November 2014, voters in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C., approved the legalization of recreational marijuana, following the lead of Colorado and Washington State. More than 20 states have enacted laws to allow the sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes, and others have moved to reduce criminal penalties for possession of small amounts. But the more marijuana legalization reaches mainstream acceptance, the more the divisions of opinion within the mental health field — presumably the professionals who have the most scientifically informed perspective on the debate — become apparent.
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HealthLeaders Media
A little TLC and some extra cash can make a world of difference to employees in crisis. Here's how one organization goes above and beyond for its workers.
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Pain Medicine News
Top officials from the FDA announced the need for a "far-reaching action plan to reassess the agency's approach to opioid medications" in order to reverse the opioid epidemic while providing patients with access to effective pain relief. Drug overdose deaths, mainly from heroin, illegally made fentanyl and prescription opioids, are now the leading cause of injury death in the United States, according to the FDA. The number of opioid-related overdose deaths has almost tripled since 2000. There were approximately 28,600 deaths reported in 2014, making it the deadliest year on record for opioid overdose, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Medical Xpress
In the ongoing fight against drug addiction, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine have discovered a unique application for an FDA-approved drug currently used for obese patients and type 2 diabetics: treatment for cocaine dependence. The drug, trade name Byetta, derives from a naturally occurring hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, which regulates feeding behavior. Knowing what they did about GLP-1, Matthew Hayes and Heath Schmidt, of Nursing and of Psychiatry, and Bart De Jonghe, of Nursing, turned to it as a possible treatment for cocaine addicts.
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