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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
For anyone who missed the extraordinary learning opportunities at EAPA’s 2015 World EAP Conference in San Diego, EAPA's 2015 Unlimited Access Pack is now available for purchase! This package provides unlimited online access to both this year's World EAP Conference in San Diego and the 2014 World EAP Conference in Orlando. Purchasers of the package can view or review as many sessions from both conferences as they want — any time, at their convenience — and receive PDHs and NASW and NAADAC CE contact hours while doing so. Keynote presentations are full multimedia re-creations with synchronized audio, video and slides. Breakout sessions include synchronized audio and slides. All session handouts are also included and can be downloaded. The Unlimited Access Pack usually sells to EAPA members for just $299 and to nonmembers for $399. Enter promo code EAPA2015 for an additional $100 discount at checkout now through Oct. 16. For login assistance click here.
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Department of Homeland Security
In the wake of the recent shootings in Oregon, EA professionals may glean helpful advice from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security manual on how to respond to "active shooter" incidents.
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Employee Benefit News
Suppose they gave an EAP and nobody came?
"Employee assistance" can take many forms; the trick is making it easy for employees to take advantage of it, in all of its forms, to deliver on the potential for a healthier, more productive and motivated workforce.
One way that can happen is broadening the scope of programs under the framework of employee well-being. Another, complementary strategy involves giving it the visibility required to capture the attention of employees with varying needs and preferences for receiving information.
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National Center for PTSD
The U.S. National Center for PTSD provides valuable resources for EA professionals working with people who have experienced trauma.
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We are a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility that specialize in personalized care for our patients. We are a medically supervised holistic drug rehab center that recognizes the requirement for an alternative approach to drug rehabilitation. We combine holistic and alternative methods with the 12-step program to ensure the best possible results.
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News.com.au
It is the horror drug that sends users into wide-eyed rage, leaving them clawing at roads, lunging at cars and engaged in all manner of bizarre and dangerous behavior.
And after fears it would reach Australian shores, dreaded designer drug flakka has arrived.
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The American Genius
Are you working overtime to get more done? Are you skipping lunches, foregoing coffee breaks and vacation time, and coming to the office on your days off to play catch up?
It's likely that you are not only failing to generate any more work for your extra hours, but you are also damaging your productivity in the long run. The results are in, as the research nearly universally supports the conclusion that overworking not only doesn't result in higher output, but in fact, actually diminishes productivity.
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Heroin addiction has become an epidemic, especially among younger
people. Suboxone (buprenorphine) has no tolerance build-up, produces
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HR.BLR.com
Recent statistics from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reveal that 16.6 million adults aged 18 and older have an alcohol use disorder, including 10.8 million men and 5.8 million women. About 1.3 million adults received treatment for alcoholism at a specialized facility in 2013. Many of these adults are also employees, raising the issue of what an employer must do to address issues of alcoholism in its workforce.
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The Washington Post
Each tiny heroin bag was hand-stamped "Breaking Bad." The name, a nod to the TV show about a teacher turned meth cook, was a colorful marketing ploy. And customers asked for it specifically. Demanded it, really. That tan powder was potent. Better than anything else on the streets. One Breaking Bad dealer in Hopewell Junction, New York, noted how this heroin seemed different, according to court documents. He sold one customer some bags stamped "Dunkin Donuts," and that customer came right back after shooting up: No, I need that Breaking Bad.
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Introventions provides 21st Century Solutions for a 21st Century Workforce. Working with 3rd Millennium Classrooms and the San Diego State University Research Foundation, we bring more than a decade of experience in developing ecidence-based online alcohol and drug prevention/intervention programs. Designed for the workplace. Scalable for a workforce of any size.
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The Huffington Post
At CVS pharmacies in 12 states, friends and family members of people suffering from opiate addiction will now be able to get the overdose reversal drug naloxone without a prescription, the company announced recently. CVS has already similarly expanded access to naloxone in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, meaning CVS pharmacies in 14 states now allow nonprescription purchases of naloxone.
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Entrepreneur
Friending your co-workers on Facebook just became a dicier proposition thanks to a recent decision by a labor tribunal in Australia.
Real estate agent Rachael Roberts filed an application with Australia's Fair Work Commission in order to put a stop to workplace bullying by the agency's principals, husband and wife team James and Lisa Bird. While Roberts sited 18 different incidents in which she claimed she was being bullied, nine were upheld by the Commission, according to News.com, including what may be the most provocative slight of all: that Lisa Bird defriended Roberts on Facebook.
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Bustle
What can you do if you're subjected to bullying in your workplace? October is National Bullying Prevention Month, so now's a good time to find out. Whether it's a job you love or a position you can take or leave, there are steps to make this better — and to keep you sane and employed.
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Go Girl Finance
The American Psychological Association's David Ballard, PsyD, describes burnout as "an extended period of time where someone experiences exhaustion and a lack of interest in things, resulting in a decline in their job performance." Here are some signs to watch out for before burnout starts impacting you at work.
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