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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
Prominent researcher from the National Center for PTSD, Dr. Patricia Watson, will deliver the Friday keynote session at EAPA's 2015 World EAP Conference in San Diego. Watson will share and discuss an evidence-based protocol for assessment of the impact of traumatic events in the workplace, including which tools and techniques are most effective at each stage following an event. Whether you are most interested in learning cutting-edge content, building and nurturing your network of EA colleagues, or re-energizing your own creativity and focus, EAPA's 2015 World EAP Conference is the single best investment you can make in your professional future.
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The Intercept
When Julie (who requested that her last name not be used for reasons that will become obvious) went for a routine doctor visit in 2009, she found a nervous resident filling in for her regular physician, who was on maternity leave. He quickly told her that he'd read her psychiatric records, even though she wasn't coming in for mental health issues, and that he wanted her to see a therapist. Immediately. In the aftermath of the visit, she discovered exactly what he'd been reading — "Uncovering past trauma, sexual abuse by boy in preschool... Patient is looking to change her job; problems with family continue." In all, there were 200 pages of details from her therapy sessions, including issues that had taken years for her to disclose even to a professional.
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Workforce
As employers struggle to address the ongoing problem of alcoholism and illicit drug use among employees, another potentially deadly threat to worker well-being is on the rise: drug overdoses.
Death rates because of an overdose have doubled in the past decade as more injured employees become addicted to pain pills such as oxycodone, methadone and hydrocodone, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And it is taking both a personal and economic toll on employers.
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Business Insider
Understanding comes from focusing, chewing and relentlessly ragging on a problem. It comes with false starts, dead ends, and frustration. Thinking requires time and space. It's slow. It means saying I don't know.
In short, thinking is everything the modern workplace is designed to eradicate.
We're expected to have an opinion about everything and yet our time to think is near zero. We hold more opinions than ever but have less understanding. We don't even understand ourselves. How could it be otherwise?
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Employee Benefit News
Medical cannabis is on the move, and on the minds of employers everywhere — and not for their personal use. There are numerous employment law implications for state-sanctioned cannabis use. Scenarios range widely, from states such as Washington and Colorado (which have legalized recreational cannabis), to Kentucky, which limits use very specifically to only non-smokable Cannabidiol oils for adults with intractable epilepsy who are participating in a clinical trial. Regardless of the particulars, it is crucial for employers everywhere to understand how their employment policies and practices should be modified to account for these new statutes.
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Heroin addiction has become an epidemic, especially among younger
people. Suboxone (buprenorphine) has no tolerance build-up, produces
miraculous reductions of withdrawal symptoms and higher outcomes for
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Crain's Business Insurance via Tire Business
Employers should implement crisis-response plans that include a support component to prevent employees from becoming distracted and compromising workplace safety, experts say.
Crisis management isn't just for large-scale events, such as the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks or Superstorm Sandy, according to Les Kertay, Chattanooga, Tenn.-based chief medical officer for crisis management firm R3 Continuum. He spoke during the Disability Management Employer Coalition's 2015 conference in San Francisco.
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The Washington Post
As heroin overdoses and deaths soar in many parts of the nation, the White House plans to announce an initiative that will for the first time pair public health and law enforcement in an effort to shift the emphasis from punishment to the treatment of addicts. The experiment, initially funded for one year in 15 states from New England to the D.C. area, will pair drug intelligence officers with public health coordinators to trace where heroin is coming from, how and where it is being laced with a deadly additive, and who is distributing it to street-level dealers.
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Psych Central
The dominant mentality in America is the belief that passion is attained through finding a fit with the right line of work, or "following one's passion." Conversely, an alternative viewpoint is that passion can be cultivated over time as one gains competence in a line of work.
Researchers examined people's expectations, choices, and outcomes associated with each of these two mindsets, termed as the "fit theory" and "develop theory."
They found that both mentalities are similarly effective at achieving vocational well-being. What differs is how they motivate people to get to this outcome, Chen said.
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WorkCompCentral
I already know what you're thinking. "Again, with the opioids? Hasn't everybody and his brother in workers' comp already talked about this issue ad nauseum? Aren't we seeing reports suggesting the problem is getting better? Aren't we doing everything we possibly can to address this issue?"
Yes, yes, yes... and no. We're on the right track, but we are not yet doing all we can. Several recent developments point out that we cannot become complacent about recent efforts. In fact, we need to double down our endeavors.
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The University of Texas at Austin
Social work has evolved from a profession focusing on people living in poverty to one associated with governmental programming to one offering counseling and health-related services in nonprofit and private-practice settings. But now there is a new emerging trend: Social workers are moving into corporate America.
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Employee Benefit News
Employee engagement is crucial to have an effective wellness program. The same approach doesn't work for all employers — employee populations vary widely — and a variety of factors must be considered when designing and implementing a program.
Here are some best practices, offered by Ann Wyatt, regional vice president, account management, at HealthFitness, that employers and their benefit advisers should consider to ensure a successful wellness program.
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