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Employee Assistance Professionals
The "Spotlight on Employee Assistance" is a roundup of bit-sized news items relevant to EA. In this issue, we include mergers and acquisitions, award winners and webinars. The EA Professional Spotlight features Marina London, EAPA's web editor. And there's more.
New England Journal of Medicine
Death rates among middle-aged adults, the largest demographic group in the United States, are on the rise for the first time in several decades. This trend can largely be explained by an increase in drug-overdose deaths, the majority of which involve opioids. The opioid crisis has attracted attention from all corners of the healthcare field and from policymakers at all levels, including the nation's highest office.
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Security Info Watch
The threat of workplace violence and how to prevent it has long been one of biggest challenges faced by security professionals across every vertical market. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, just fewer than nine percent of all fatal workplace injuries that occurred in the country in 2015 were workplace homicides.
And while indiscriminate killing by an active shooter may be the absolute nightmare scenario, incidents of domestic violence that spillover into the workplace can be just as deadly as evidenced by the recent murder-suicide at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, California, in which the gunman's collateral damage resulted in one child being killed and another wounded.
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The Huffington Post
By now you've probably heard that one-size-fits-all workplace wellness programs don't work. In today's high tech world, we're wired to expect a personalized experience. Your employees assume their technology is learning who they are and delivering relevant content — they expect the same from their wellness program.
Employees need a seamless experience that reflects who they are and where they work. By definition, personalization is tailoring the content and experience to match an individual's preferences and behaviors. By using technology to create a personal well-being improvement plan for each employee, you build trust, authentically support employees and get a better shot at achieving the business results you seek.
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SHRM
Employers recognize the strengths, skills and qualities veterans bring to the workplace. In fact, many employers actively recruit veterans and identify themselves as "military friendly." Employers can also receive tax credits for employing veterans. All of these steps contribute positively to lowering unemployment rates for veterans. However, there is still something missing in the bridge between the military and civilian worlds for the veteran on this journey — the role the employer plays in creating a veteran-informed culture in the workplace.
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EHS Today
The act of workplace bullying is not when a person simply acts rude toward another employee. Anyone, even the best of people, can have a bad day.
It appears in several dimensions. It can be verbal and non-verbal. Workplace bullying can be in-your-face and it also can be hidden from the victim/target. The hidden behavior often is overlooked.
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News Medical
The human brain functions on a delicate balance of reinforcing positive behaviors and suppressing negative ones, which takes place in the dorsal striatum, a brain region critical for goal-directed behavior and implicated in drug and alcohol addiction. According to a new study in Biological Psychiatry, two pathways in the dorsal striatum that regulate this process – the "Go" pathway, which hits the gas for rewarding behaviors, and the "No-Go" pathway, which hits the brakes – have opposite effects to control alcohol drinking behavior.
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Psych Central
Many marijuana smokers say they use the drug to relax or relieve stress. A new study supports this rationale — but only when very low doses are used.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Chicago discovered the effects from levels tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana, are very dose-dependent.
Very low levels of THC can reduce stress while slightly higher doses, enough to produce a mild "high," actually increase anxiety.
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The Christian Science Monitor
Supporters say the benefit can ease the economic barriers to escaping abusive situations, while increasing transparency for an issue long treated as private. A law has been passed in Manitoba, and one is under consideration in Ontario.
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