The Journal of Employee Assistance articles

Recent articles from The Journal of Employee Assistance

The courage to change the things we can.(Front Desk)(employee assistance programs and workplace trends discussed)
April 1, 2009... With all the uncertainty lately about the economy, unemployment, and national and world affairs, I've been thinking about the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference....

Prevention needs to be clearly delineated in EAPs.(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2009... I would like to offer kudos to Joel Bennett and Mark Attridge for addressing the idea that a new preventive health services component should to be added to the EAP Core Technology (4th quarter 2008, pp. 4-6). They have touched on a subject very near and dear to my heart and past...

Correction.(Correction notice)
April 1, 2009... The title of the chart accompanying the letter in the 1st quarter 2009 issue should have read, "Decision Model Flow Chart for an Integrated Model of Service Delivery" The second line of the title was inadvertently omitted by the printer. The Journal of Employee Assistance regrets the error.

Diabetes and aging in the workplace: an understanding of diabetes and its relationship to aging can help EAPs better assist employees with the disease and encourage healthy behaviors among those who are susceptible to it.(Employee Assistance Programs)
April 1, 2009... The United States (along with many other developed nations) is growing older, a trend that is reflected in our workforce. The average U.S. worker today is between the ages of 45 and 65 years. Since 1977, we've seen a consistent increase in the number of workers in the over-65 age group. These...

Recovering from workplace traumatic events: by taking steps to build resiliency and demonstrating support for mental health and wellness initiatives, organizational leaders and EA professionals can set the stage for a more successful recovery from a traumatic event.
April 1, 2009... On April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech University community was tested in a way never previously imagined. On that chilly morning in Blacksburg, Virginia, a student killed 32 people and wounded many more before taking his own life. The massacre remains the deadliest shooting incident by a...