Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in the Workplace Managing Care and Costs Through Employee Assistance Programs

Name: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in the Workplace Managing Care and Costs Through Employee Assistance Programs
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ISBN: 9780275936761

ISBN-10: 0275936767

ISBN-13: 9780275936761

Edition: 2nd 1991

Authors: Walter F. Scanlon

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Deteriorating job performance resulting from alcohol and drug dependency requires special handling and specific skills. Developing these skills and learning what to do with them are not difficult tasks. Employee assistance program professionals provide such training for key personnel. Focusing on strategic intervention designed to help employees with personal problems that interfere with job performance, Walter Scanlon describes the functions and benefits of employee assistance programs (EAPs), discusses their training and consultation objectives, and shows how EAPs effectively identify and address such problems. An important EAP goal is to reduce both the incidence of alcohol- and…

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List price: $45.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 6/30/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 223
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

WALTER F. SCANLON is a Program/Workplace Consultant and Interventionist with twenty-five years' experience in behavioral healthcare services. He has taught, trained and presented nationally, and is an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College and City College of New York.



Preface


The Scope and Cost of Chemical Dependency Chemical Dependency


The Person, the Definition, the History


The Employer Response to Chemical Dependency: A Historical View


The Government Response: Drug Free Workplace Legislation EAP Practice and Process Managed Health Care Versus Managed Health Costs EAP Cost Benefits and Cost Considerations Marketing the EAP: Employees Who Refer


Themselves Marketing Treatment


The Business of Recovery


The Standards and the Structure Creating a Climate for EAP Utilization Unions, Managements, and Joint Programs Testing for Drugs: A Nebulous Solution


The Corporate Culture EAPs Make Corporate Sense Legal Considerations and Implications External Employee Assistance Programs Summing It Up and Sorting It Out


Index