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	<title>Working World Cafe &#187; employee assistance</title>
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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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		<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>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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[counseling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]></category>

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		<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>Job Stress Costs U.S. Businesses 10 Times More Than Strikes</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/06/27/job-stress-costs-u-s-businesses-10-times-more-than-strikes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/06/27/job-stress-costs-u-s-businesses-10-times-more-than-strikes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Institute of Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job stress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress costs U.S. businesses “more than $300 billion annually due to increased absenteeism, employee turnover, diminished productivity, medical, legal and insurance expenses and Workers&#8217; Compensation payments.”
That’s ten times the cost of all strikes combined, the organization says.
Even if, as an employer, you didn’t care about a ‘warm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ADAAA Rules May Challenge Employers on Psychiatric Disabilities</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/04/27/new-adaaa-rules-may-challenge-employers-on-psychiatric-disabilities/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/04/27/new-adaaa-rules-may-challenge-employers-on-psychiatric-disabilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to recent speculation, discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may increase because of a change in the federal law. 
The new law expands protection to employees and applicants with mental and psychiatric “disabilities” not previously covered.  Furthermore, the EEOC will be more aggressive in enforcing the law.  Since more mental conditions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Mindfulness Can Help Business</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/01/19/how-mindfulness-can-help-business/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/01/19/how-mindfulness-can-help-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Valentino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, what is “mindfulness” and how can it help indivually, much less in business?
According to Dr. Pirtle, (creator of the Skillfully Aware programm I referenced in my last post,) mindfulness is the act of watching the process of our actions. Our actions will always produce patterns and patterns from our past have inertia and constantly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Facebook Impacting Real-Life Relationships?</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/10/27/is-facebook-impacting-real-life-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/10/27/is-facebook-impacting-real-life-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen OBrien</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[couples counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perspectives Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How does the ability to connect with virtually anyone at anytime affect our friendships and relationships?  Chances are, this issue may be affecting you and your employees.
There are clear positive and negative aspects of being able to touch base with anyone who has ever been in your life, at any given moment:

Reconnecting with the friend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Wellness Ah-ha&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/29/corporate-wellness-ah-has/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/29/corporate-wellness-ah-has/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Dyme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biometric testing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate wellness conference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employer healthcare congress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a hectic couple of weeks for me with business travel and industry events.  But it&#8217;s also been great opportunity to evaluate how we can better serve our customers and their employees and family members. 
My first travel adventure last week was to a conference in Los Angeles called the Employer Healthcare Congress.  It&#8217;s actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can Help Prevent Suicide; Support Research &amp; Education</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/16/you-can-help-prevent-suicide-support-research-education/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/09/16/you-can-help-prevent-suicide-support-research-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Kronberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Foundation for Suicide Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Out of Darkness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year, 12-16% of the businesses and organizations we serve are affected by an employee suicide.  An even greater number have an employee that’s affected by a family member’s suicide or suicide attempt.
It may sound above average, but it isn’t.
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), a person dies by suicide every 16 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auditing Your EAP For Effectiveness May Save Lives</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/08/11/auditing-your-eap-for-effectiveness-may-save-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2010/08/11/auditing-your-eap-for-effectiveness-may-save-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drug abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug charges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I read something that really disturbed me.  It was a blog about Roy Hobbs, a Chicago native, veteran journalist and weekend television anchor in Birmingham, Alabama who was arrested in April on drug charges.  He was a prominent personality who was afflicted with drug addiction and needed help. 
To make matters worse, he claims [...]]]></description>
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