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EAPA endorses SBIRT as a standard of practice for EAPs
Employee Assistance Professionals Association
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EAPA has endorsed the use of the SBIRT process as a standard of practice for all employee assistance program clients, regardless of presenting concern. The SBIRT process includes screening for risky alcohol or drug use with evidence-based screening questions, followed by brief intervention and, when appropriate, referral to treatment and followup. To assist EA professionals and EA network providers in implementing the SBIRT process, EAPA and other organizations have collaborated to produce a free online training course called the EA Professional's Guide to Screening, Brief Intervention, and Treatment.
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There is no Band-Aid for workplace stress
Forbes
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We have a new lens through which to view our work-life merge. At the laser fast pace of work in a 24/7 hi-tech competitive global marketplace, the new world of work requires addressing what it is referred to as a new APR. Employers must give more credence to their employees' skill capabilities around Attention, Productivity and Resilience.
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Call for proactive interventions on mental health
Money Marketing
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Proactive attitudes to mental health need to replace passive ones if the health and risk sector are to achieve more success in getting affected employees back to work said delegates at an ABI debate. While delegates acknowledged the contribution of group risk insurers, and a 200 percent increase in employee assistance programs over the last 10 years, it was noted that mental health problems in the U.K. have continued to grow in number.
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How to make mid-life diversity meaningful
Diversity Executive
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A lack of engagement with corporate work is a growing reality for many boomers, and the boomer version of "mid-life crisis" is proving very different from that of the generation before, for whom the dream of recaptured youth brought to mind the cliche of red sports cars. For boomers, the desire for something different is often triggered by thoughts about giving back.
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The recipe for truly great counseling
Counseling Today
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No matter where they are in their professional journeys, counselors can still benefit by learning from their colleagues' experiences and reflections, says Jeffrey Kottler, a professor of counseling at California State University Fullerton, president of Empower Nepali Girls and a prolific author who has written and presented on master counselors. The best counselors in the field aren't necessarily those who are most well-known but rather those who are always reaching toward greatness and flat out working harder than everyone else, Kottler says.
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Work-life balance, and finding a process
Canadian HR Reporter
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The topic of work-life balance continues to get a lot of play and undoubtedly will throughout our lifetimes. It is vitally important to individuals and families, not to mention businesses and organizations who depend on productivity from staff. What we need isn’t so much a static, permanent balance — which is arguably unattainable — but a process for dealing with life's challenges, both crises and hum-drum duties.
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Coping with physician burnout through wellness programs
Becker's Hospital Review
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Physician burnout is at worrisome levels, as more than 86 percent of the country's physicians are moderately to severely stressed or burned out, according to a recent survey by Physician Wellness Services and Cejka Search. Burned-out physicians are more likely to retire early or leave medicine altogether, which is troubling for hospital and health system executives who are trying to retain physicians while staring a physician shortage in the face.
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Dads weigh in on work-life balance
NPR
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 There's a lot of talk about how working moms balance their duties at the office and at home. But some dads are asking why they aren't included in the conversation.
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Openness at work 'next big mental health challenge'
Health Insurance & Protection
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Creating a workplace environment where employees suffering from mental health problems feel able to disclose them to their line manager is the "next big challenge" facing employers in the mental well-being arena, according to the chief executive of a leading mental health charity. Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind, told delegates at an Association of British Insurers seminar that there is now a "hard and fast business case" for companies to invest in mental well-being services.
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Work-related stress blamed for sharp increase in migraine sufferers
Daily Record and Sunday Mail
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The number of Britons suffering from migraines is soaring because of growing stress at work, doctors have warned. Research shows that 37 percent of doctors are concerned after witnessing an increase in patients with the splitting headaches. Six million people already suffer from migraines. And 9 out of 10 doctors believe the main reason for the rise in sufferers is mounting stress levels in the workplace.
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Employers still struggle to desegregate
Human Resources Executive Online
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When Title VII of the Civil Rights Act was enacted in 1964, the hope was it would go a long way in desegregating the workplace. A recent study, however, suggests that progress has been a lot slower than many imagined.
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