This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Click here to advertise in this news brief.   Mobile version   RSS   Unsubscribe   Archive   Media Kit Aug. 7, 2012 Home   About EAPA   Join   CEAP Certification   Contact Us     Table of Contents Time is short to recognize a deserving colleague! EAPA Awards submissions close Aug. 10 Educate employees about misunderstood EAP benefits Poor mental health linked to reduced life expectancy Multitaskers leverage the World EAP Conference Experience to earn their CEAP® Exercise may help ease depression in heart failure Calls for employers to offer stress-busting financial guidance National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence: Interview with President Robert J. Lindsey Study: Workers with paid sick days healthier, more productive Employers increase benefits that improve employee health, wellness California mental-health spending often bypasses the mentally ill Time is short to recognize a deserving colleague! EAPA Awards submissions close Aug. 10 Employee Assistance Professionals Association    Share    The EAPA Annual Awards will be presented Saturday, Oct. 20 during EAPA's Annual World EAP Conference in Baltimore, Md. EAPA members are invited to nominate their peers and colleagues to be recognized for their achievements. Nominations deadline is Aug. 10. More Educate employees about misunderstood EAP benefits Employee Benefit News    Share    For the 10-plus years that Ed Bray, director of employee benefits for Hawaiian Airlines, has worked in corporate benefits, he has been continuously amazed to see the same theme at every company he has worked at: a free benefit that can offer employees (and often household members) significant value in their daily lives, but is so misunderstood. He lists top five reasons why you might want to take some time to remind your employees about the complete value of your company's EAP program (beyond problem resolution) and promote its use. 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More Multitaskers leverage the World EAP Conference Experience to earn their CEAP® Employee Assistance Professionals Association    Share    Smart CEAP candidates leverage their time at EAPA's Annual World EAP Conference by earning qualifying PDHs, as well as finding or meeting with a CEAP adviser. In addition, the networking that occurs naturally at the conference helps them job search, and even get private practice referrals. The CEAP is the only nationally and internationally recognized EAP credential, and it demonstrates commitment to, and mastery of, the EA body of knowledge. Learn more about the CEAP here. For information about the World EAP Conference in Baltimore, click here. Facing Challenges with Addicted Clients? Led by experienced clinicians, Hazelden’s Professional in Residence program offers on-site, intensive opportunities to learn about the challenges of addiction and effectiveness of treatment. MORE World leading Computerized CBT 200,000 treated, adopted in 13 countries. Beating the Blues can transform the way you help people with mild and moderate depression and anxiety. Learn more... Exercise may help ease depression in heart failure Reuters via the Chicago Tribune    Share    People with heart failure who are also depressed may benefit from regular, moderate exercise, a new study suggests. Researchers found patients who exercised an hour and a half to two hours per week had slightly lower depression scores, which in turn were tied to a reduced risk of re-hospitalizations and deaths related to heart problems. More Calls for employers to offer stress-busting financial guidance Health Insurance    Share    The world's largest human resources professional body is calling on employers to help improve financial education among their staff in a bid to reduce stress and improve take-up of other employee benefits. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says employers are "missing a trick" by failing to offer even basic financial guidance to staff and today launched a guide to workplace financial education. It argues that with stress identified as the leading cause of long-term sickness absence, there is a "real incentive" for employers to tackle financial-related stress, such as that relating to debt. More National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence: Interview with President Robert J. Lindsey Test Country    Share    The Employee Assistance Program may have been a familiar name in the U.S. workforce, but not everyone is aware that the idea was founded by the National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence in the late 1940s. NCADD President and CEO Robert Lindsey revealed in an exclusive interview with TestCountry that the EAP began through working with unions in order to combat alcoholism. More Study: Workers with paid sick days healthier, more productive HealthDay via KTVN-TV    Share    Employees with paid sick leave are healthier than other workers who do not have this benefit, new study findings suggest. According to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, workers with paid sick leave are 28 percent less likely to suffer nonfatal work-related injuries. More Employers increase benefits that improve employee health, wellness EHS Today    Share    Over the last five years, benefits that reward employees for improving their health have jumped – a sign that organizations recognize that their employees value these benefits and are looking for ways to cut business costs. For example, the percentage of employers offering health and lifestyle coaching jumped from 33 percent in 2008 to 45 percent in 2012, and rewards or bonuses for completing a health and wellness program increased from 23 percent in 2008 to 35 percent in 2012. More California mental-health spending often bypasses the mentally ill The Associated Press via the Long Beach Press-Telegram    Share    As state mental health services have crumbled under budget cuts, tens of millions of dollars raised through a tax designed to help the mentally ill have gone to "wellness" programs like horseback riding for teens and yoga classes for city workers. And that's by design. More   EAP NewsBrief Colby Horton, Director of Publishing, 469.420.2601 Download media kit Bob Kowalski, Content Editor, 469.420.2650    Contribute news This edition of the EAP NewsBrief was sent to ##Email##. To unsubscribe, click here. Did someone forward this edition to you? Subscribe here -- it's free! 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