Mental Health First Aid Shatters Stigma With Suicide
BY ALEX ZIELINSKI JAN 19, 2016 8:00 AM CREDIT: DYLAN PETROHILOS Brenda Crawford was taught the textbook description of psychosis while she was studying for a masters degree in counseling, decades ago. “It was always explained as ‘hearing voices in your head’,” said Crawford, who works for Wyoming’s state employee assistance program. “Which I had… Read More
A New Way to Help Traumatized Clients Relieve Guilt, Shame, and Isolation
A New Way to Help Traumatized Clients Relieve Guilt, Shame, and Isolation Susan Clancy • January 19, 2016 As a graduate student at Harvard in the mid-1990s, I participated in research studies carried out by the psychology department that began in October 1996 and continued until August 2005 to interview adults who had experience sexual… Read More
Emotions Impact Your Work — So Why Don’t Companies Take Mental Health Seriously?
Mental health in the workplace is neglected and rarely, if ever, addressed, according to an expert. 01/13/2016 09:39 am ET | Updated 1 day ago Shane Ferro Business Reporter, The Huffington Post SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY – PASIEKA. VIA GETTY IMAGES There’s little support in the workplace for employees who struggle with mental health issues, some experts… Read More
Substance Abuse in the Workplace: What to Do When an Employee Returns from Rehab
By Brian Hughes As a supervisor, watching an employee struggle with substance abuse can be incredibly tough. Employers do have a right to fire employees if their job performance declines due to substance abuse. However, many wish to help their employees constructively address addiction through a substance abuse treatment program. With all the focus on helping… Read More
The Employers Headache: Intermittent FMLA Leave
Here is a great article that outlines some great tips and FMLA leave requirements. Loosing an employee for an extended period of time is tough for any company. Watching for abuse trends can greatly help your company to correctly aim disciplinary action of coaching for potential abusers. As disciplining someone who is correcting utilizing FMLA… Read More
Ways of the Workplace
Workplace behavior is important to the overall demeanor of the office and its production output. Employees know how to act when they know where the line has been drawn, what’s right and wrong in the workplace environment. At Employee Business Solutions, we provide the essential programs for your employees so that they feel safe and… Read More
Workplace Attire: Successfully Dressed
As many may know, starting out the year on a good note can be vital to the tone of the remainder year. It’s why we make goals and resolutions. We want to start the year on a good foot so we put our best foot forward. Go the distance this year and start with what… Read More
Workplace Attitude: Avoid the Monday Blues All Week Long
Mondays happen. Mondays happen every week, in fact. How do you handle it? Do you moan and gripe? Do you wait to get real work done on Tuesday, or sometimes, wait until Wednesday? Employee Business Solutions helps, among many other provisions, with your employees’ amount of work production too. Be passionate. As an owner, boss,… Read More
Modern Times Mean Open Discussion.
New Year’s celebrations are a time to be joyful and look excitedly towards the new year. Sadly for some of us depression can be a overwhelming burden that stops us from enjoying the celebration. There was a time not too long ago when things like depression were not discussed. They were simply swept under the… Read More
No One Is Immune From Mental Illness
No one is immune to the destructive tendencies of stress and anxiety. Sometime people turn to drugs or alcohol to cope. Even nurses can become reliant on substances to make it through the work. Sadly in a field that requires constant alertness and shifts as long as 12 hours some individuals turn to less than… Read More
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