Category: Employee Assistance Programs

Please Note: Resources are listed in date order with most recent listed first.

• Employee Assistance Programs: Workplace Opportunities for Intervening in Alcohol Problems

  An article discussing the historical role of alcohol treatment in EAPs and the current movement away from this focus as well as challenges within the EAP industry.

  Type: article, guide, recommendations

• EAP Follow-Up in the Workplace Boosts Alcohol Treatment Success

  An article describing the elements of effective EAP follow-up, employee incentives to encourage EAP follow-up and the benefits of EAP follow-up in lessening alcohol relapse rates.

  Type: article, recommendations

• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

  A list of frequently asked questions about EAPs including what an EAP is and what makes an EAP successful.

  Type: fact sheet, faqs, guide, recommendations

• EAP Improves Health Status and Productivity, and Demonstrates a Positive ROI

  EAP Improves Health Status and Productivity, and Demonstrates a Positive ROI (Report – 14 page PDF)

  Description: This report highlights the best ways to work with an EAP provider to gain better results for employee health, attendance and productivity.

  Who: Morneau Shepell Ltd

  What: Study of outcome data for 53,224 EAP cases which were opened and subsequently closed during 2010

  Result: Recommendations include: Develop a more Strategic Partnership with Your EAP Provider, including help with financial management and health risk management; organizations should shift from standalone absence administration programs to attendance management strategies that are aligned with the company’s business objectives, cost management goals, and employee engagement and retention strategies.

  Relevance: Working closely with EAP providers can result in improved results for employee health, attendance and overall financial impacts.

  Type: report

  

• Changes in self-schema structure in cognitive therapy for major depressive disorder

  A study looking at the long-term impact of cognitive therapy on 42 individuals suffering from major depressive disorder. Undergoing cognitive therapy in addition to pharmacotherapy led to a positive shift in cognitive organization. These changes were not evident in the portion of the sample only undergoing pharmacotherapy. While there is a lot of research supporting the use of cognitive therapy in employee assistance programs, this is the first study to show that cognitive therapy can effect positive change to cognitive organization. This offers a possible explanation for why cognitive therapy can lower future relapse rates of depression.

  Type: study