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		<title>EAPs &amp; Crisis Response</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/01/11/eaps-crisis-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you know, I am very biased.  I believe that EAPs are invaluable tools for helping employees and workplaces.  And lots of time, the value doesn&#8217;t get noticed.  Well, this blog will highlight another element of EAPs that demonstrate teh need for high quality.  Most folks know of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) as a place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tragedy Strikes Again at Virginia Tech</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/12/09/tragedy-strikes-again-at-virginia-tech/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/12/09/tragedy-strikes-again-at-virginia-tech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CISD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shootings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace shootings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We spend alot of time in this blog extolling the virtues of having a quality Employee Assistance Program (EAP) or Sudent Assistance Program (SAP).  What happened yesterday is yet another reason for having one available.  The horrible shooting that occurred yesterday on the Virginia Tech campus should cause us all to pause and think about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerry West Scores for Depression</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/11/05/jerry-west-scores-for-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/11/05/jerry-west-scores-for-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know who  Jerry West is then you aren&#8217;t a real basketball fan.  But, please don&#8217;t stop reading now if you don&#8217;t know him because this blog is about a talented basketball player and a courageous man who spent a lifetime fighting depression.  And now he is sharing it his new autobiography, “West by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need A Good Therapist?</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/10/18/need-a-good-therapist/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/10/18/need-a-good-therapist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, well, what a surprise.  &#8220;Help Wanted: a Good Therapist&#8221; was the lead article today in the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s (WSJ) Personal Journal section.  Maybe we are finally recognizing in our business publications that mental health is important and that opening the topic up may just break the stigma attached for people in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prescription Medications:  A Workplace Epidemic</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/09/30/prescription-medications-a-workplace-epidemic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/09/30/prescription-medications-a-workplace-epidemic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prescription drugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we read or hear about drug abuse in the workplace, we often think of the common street drugs like cocaine, crack, marijuana, amphetamines, etc.  What we don’t hear about however and what are fairly common are prescription medications.  Yes, that it right.  There has been an upsurge in abuse of prescription [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employees Encouraged to Get Healthy &#8211; Or Else</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/09/17/employees-encouraged-to-get-healthy-or-else-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/09/17/employees-encouraged-to-get-healthy-or-else-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wellness Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aon hewitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wellness program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When sitting on the sidelines, it’s rather hard to earn yourself a penalty. In the corporate wellness arena on the other hand, not playing and sitting on the sidelines could actually result in penalties of a different sort—financial ones.
For the past few years we’ve seen employers take more aggressive approaches to wellness, including offering incentives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide is Painless (NOT)</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/09/08/suicide-is-painless-not/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/09/08/suicide-is-painless-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[substance abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I am back in Washington D.C. for the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention meeting.  As I have mentioned in some previous posts, I am on the Workplace Task Force with a number of individuals who are very concerned about seeing work as a place to make an impact and prevent suicides.  When I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/08/23/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/08/23/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen Dorgan-Clemens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organizational Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maureen Dorgan Clemens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are certainly being flooded with news about change these days.  All you have to do is read the headlines about the political changes going on all over the world.  In the Middle East, we continually hear about governments undergoing change through revolution both violent and non-violent.  Here in the U.S., we hear about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perspectives Ltd. Wins Sloan Award Again</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/08/09/perspectives-ltd-wins-sloan-award-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/08/09/perspectives-ltd-wins-sloan-award-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alfred P. Sloan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Dyme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families and Work Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perspectives Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Cahill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work/life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve done this but I am going to brag. Perspectives Ltd. is once again a finalist for the 2011 Sloan Award in Workplace Flexibility.  This is the fifth time in five years. Wow!  What an honor.  We have again been honored with the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlie Sheen:  Addiction &amp; Anger Management</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/07/28/charlie-sheen-addiction-anger-management/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/07/28/charlie-sheen-addiction-anger-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholics Annonymous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anger management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemical dependency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enabling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perspectives Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two and a half men]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, now I have seen it all.  Charlie Sheen from Two and A Half Men has just signed on to star in a new sitcom called &#8220;Anger Management&#8221;.  Yes, you heard it right that Charlie Sheen.  The one who has publicly struggled with addictions for a long time.  The one who was fired from Two and A Half Men [...]]]></description>
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