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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
A highlight of every World EAP Conference is the unveiling of the annual slide show at the awards luncheon. The show serves as a recap of conference activities ranging from keynotes and breakout sessions to informal networking activities, including the EAPA Dance Machine and Fun Run/Walk. For the first time, EAPA has posted the slide show on its website home page so that this year's attendees can enjoy it again. If you've never been to a World EAP Conference, this is what you've been missing! Look for the slide show under "What's New?" here.
The Huffington Post
A gunman bursts into a classroom — or a movie theater, or a community center — and begins shooting. Victims are rushed to the hospital, some to the morgue. We know the scenario all too well. Media and politicians alike immediately condemn the gunman's actions.
And just as automatically, the actions are attributed to mental illness.
Whether they occur in a private setting such as Roseburg, Oregon, or on live television as a few weeks ago near Roanoke, Virginia, these high-profile acts of violence provoke outrage and confusion. Why? we ask. What sane person would do this?
We struggle to understand, to comfort ourselves with an obvious explanation. So we point to mental illness. Except in most cases, it's not true.
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Medical Xpress
Inadequate supervision by parents during early adolescence forecasts a host of behavior problems, including problem drinking. The risk of alcohol abuse arising from inadequate parental supervision is particularly high for girls who reach puberty early, according to a new study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University. "Parental Supervision and Alcohol Abuse Among Adolescent Girls," was just published in the journal Pediatrics. This study tests the hypothesis that premature autonomy granting at the beginning of secondary school predicts escalating alcohol abuse across the critical ages of 13 to 16, when youth typically begin to consume alcohol.
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NPR
Across the country, half of large employers offering health benefits have wellness programs that ask workers to submit to medical tests, often dubbed "biometrics," that can involve a trip to a doctor's office, lab or workplace health fair. So far, research is mixed on whether workplace wellness offerings truly save employers money. The Rand Corp. says most don't, with the exception of programs targeted at managing specific diseases, such as diabetes. Still, Rand found that programs can help spur employees to quit smoking, get more exercise and lose a bit of weight.
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Staffing Industry Analysts
Nearly a third of U.K. employers have reported an increase in people coming to work while they are ill, according to the annual CIPD/Simplyhealth Absence Management Survey.
The survey of nearly 600 employers finds that 31 percent of employers have seen an increase in so-called "presenteeism" in the last 12 months. It also shows that presenteeism is more likely to have increased where there is a culture in which working long hours is seen to be the norm, and where operational demands take precedence over employee well-being.
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Human Resource Executive Online
A healthy workforce is essential to creating a healthy business, and that means employers must make efforts to assist workers with mental illness in the workplace.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Schizophrenia — which makes it difficult to distinguish what is real from what is imaginary — is one of the most devastating of mental disorders. Experts say only about 15 percent of people with schizophrenia recover, meaning they are able to work, live on their own and have friends. About 10 percent will die by suicide.
The predominant treatment has been chronic disease management. The damage has been done, so doctors just try to manage the symptoms over time.
But results from a study published this month show that early and comprehensive intervention can alter the course of the disease. Just as importantly, it shows clinics how to implement and pay for it.
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Psych Central
A Canadian study suggest more than half of workers who report symptoms of depression do not perceive a need for treatment.
The study, published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, investigated barriers to mental health care experienced by workers and the resulting impact on productivity.
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Daily Herald
More and more, cops feel that people will find fault with almost anything they do in their role to serve and protect, experts say.
Talk about stress.
As the pressures of the job evolve, gradually more is being done to offer officers release, relieve their stress and preserve their well-being. But barriers to receiving such services remain.
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TIME
Most of us try to lead balanced lives, so why do we often find ourselves frantically juggling a million things at once? Whether you say yes to too many social engagements, get bogged down by endless work meetings, or just never have time to yourself, packing a calendar too tightly can seriously threaten your sanity.
While there are only so many events you can decline, there is a way to avoid overbooking.
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Forbes
When you lay your head on the pillow at night, are you flooded with money worries instead of drifting off into sweet dreams? Join the club.
According to the American Psychological Association, money continues to be the top cause of stress among Americans. In its 2015 survey, Stress in America: Paying With Our Health, the APA found that 72 percent of Americans reported feeling stressed about money at least some of the time during the prior month.
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