Gulf of Mexico Response Information

SAMSHA has taken on a new campaign to help parents talk to their teens about alcohol use.  Check out this helpful resource to prevent underage drinking.  http://www.underagedrinking.samhsa.gov/

At  EAPASSN.ORG there are some links to recent articles about parity regulations.  Click the link below to see them.

http://www.eapassn.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3354

If you haven’t already seen this posted on the EAPA website, you may
want to check out the address below. It lists 2 great resources for
relatives/friends needing to find folks in Haiti, as well as other
helpful sites.

http://www.eapassn.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3343

Every business owner desires productive and content employees. With a slowdown in the economy and discussions of war, gas prices on the upswing again, the financial crisis and increased layoffs, many Americans may be experiencing high levels of stress.

One of the biggest strains employees currently are dealing with is the ongoing recession. Whether an employee has been personally affected, everyone is feeling some tension from the recession. When asked about the recent financial crisis, almost half of Americans said they are increasingly stressed about their ability to provide for their families basic needs, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2008 Stress in America Survey. The survey reported money as the top source of stress for eight out of 10 Americans.

Read more at: http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=11400

Losing your job can make you feel lousy. Whether you’re fired or laid-off, joining the ranks of the unemployed is not exactly a feel-good event. You don’t need a study to tell you that.

But what impact does losing a job have on your health? Could a layoff send a perfectly healthy person into a downward spiral of sickness? It’s possible, says Kate Strully, a sociologist at State University of New York in Albany. In her new study published in the journal Demography, Strully analyzed a variety of job loss situations — including being fired or laid off or losing a job after the entire company shut down — and found that job loss may indeed trigger serious physical and physiological illness.

EAPA GNO
Presents
Elevating Ethical Awareness
for EA Professionals

Scott Embley, LCSW
June 26, 2009
Noon – 2:30p.m.

Place TBA
This presentation is worth 2.0 PDHs

Objectives of this presentation include:

• To educate EA professionals on the role and significance of ethics in professional practice

• To identify for EA professionals, the underlying tenants and codes of ethics relevant to EA practice

• To equip EA professionals with tools and resources to support ethics decision-making

“People aren’t sure they’re going to have a home, let alone have a holiday dinner,” said Ellyn Jeager, director of public policy and advocacy at Mental Health of America’s Georgia office. She warns that such financial pressures can escalate the stress of an already hectic season and take a toll on people emotionally and physically.

Read the full artcle here

MONDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) — Psychiatric disorders are common among young adults in the United States, but few seek treatment, a new report shows.

To reach this finding, U.S. researchers analyzed data from more than 5,000 respondents, aged 19 to 25, who took part in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

The study found that 45.8 percent of the 2,188 college students and 47.7 percent of the young adults not in college met the criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder, but only 25 percent of those with disorders sought treatment over a one-year period.

To read the whole article click here

The suicide rate in the United States is increasing for the first time in a decade, particularly among middle-aged white women, a new study finds.

“This is a group we haven’t had as much focus on in terms of suicide, because the death rates were higher in elderly white males, and there has been a lot of attention to teenagers and young adults,” said lead researcher Susan P. Baker, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “This 40-to-64 age group has been neglected.”

Read more of the Washington Post article here: Suicide Rates Rise Among Baby Boomers