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

EAPA GNO

Presents

Bipolar Disorder: Helping the Client and Their Families

Marvin Clifford, PhD
May 15, 2009
11:30 a.m. noon- 1:30p.m.

River Oaks Hospital
1525 River Oaks Rd.
West
Harahan. LA. 70123
call 734-1740 for directions

This presentation is worth 1.5 PDHs

• Participants will be able to diagnose Bipolar I and II disorders after attending this workshop.
• Participants will learn evidence based practices for helping the population having
• Bipolar as a diagnosis as well as improve clinical skills for helping this population.
• Participants will learn skills for helping the families, friends, and significant others of clients having a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder.

RSVP to Cynthia Edwards at ccedwards121@hotmail.com
Lunch can not be guaranteed without RSVP

EAPA GNO Chapter Meeting

Howard Wetsman, MD

Drug Treatment: The Future of Addiction Medicine

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Friday March 13, 2009

Townsend Recovery Center

3600 Prytania St.

Suite 72

New Orleans, LA.  70115

Please call 894-8322 for directions

Please RSVP to Scott Embley at semble@lsuhsc.edu

By March 9, 2009 or lunch can not be guaranteed.

“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

Date: 11/7/2008
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network Answers One Millionth Call

National Network of Local Crisis Centers Helps Callers in Emotional Distress or Suicidal Crisis through Toll-free, 24-hour Hotlines

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network has answered its one millionth call since the hotline was launched on Jan. 1, 2005.

“The Lifeline reached this significant milestone because more people in emotional distress or suicidal crisis are becoming aware that help is available just by picking up the telephone and dialing 1-800-273-TALK,” said the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s acting administrator, Eric Broderick, D.D.S, M.P.H.

Using state-of-the-art technology and a network of 133 local crisis centers across the country, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) can immediately link a caller seeking help to a trained counselor closest to the caller’s location, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Calls to the toll-free Lifeline are confidential.

“People who feel hopeless, who don’t see a way out of their problems and their pain, need to know that there is somewhere they can turn for support and assistance.  You are not alone,” Dr. Broderick said.

SAMHSA, which established the Lifeline in 2005 with a grant to Link2Health Solutions, Inc., has been working with organizations such as the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center to focus public attention on the nationwide impact of suicide and to highlight ways to prevent it.  In 2005, suicides accounted for 32,637 deaths in the United States. The suicide estimate is for the latest year for which data is available. The total is almost twice the number of homicides.

Within the past 15 months, the Lifeline has become linked with the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline  – a partnership between SAMHSA and the Department of Veterans Affairs.  The Hotline provides national, around-the-clock access to crisis counseling for veterans and their families. Veterans seeking help or concerned family members can call 800-273-TALK (8255) and press “1” to be connected to a specialized call center run by the Department of Veterans Affairs and staffed by mental health professionals.

Currently, calls to the Lifeline average 47,500 per month, with more than 1,580 people calling daily.

Further information about SAMHSA’s National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline can be accessed at: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/.  Further information about other SAMHSA suicide prevention programs can be obtained by visiting SAMHSA’s Web site, http://www.samhsa.gov

Please come…

EAPA GNO Chapter

Annual Holiday Luncheon

Friday, December 12, 2008
11:30-1:00
New City Grille
2700 Metairie Road
(828-8484)
Members: $15/ Non-members: $30

Please join us for networking, socializing, and door prizes!
*RSVP to 568-8888 (RSVP by Monday, Dec. 8)*

Please bring a wrapped gift for a child (label with age and gender). Gifts will be donated to children of clients at Grace House.

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

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – After six days in a row of triple digit losses in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and many stocks being at lower levels than we’ve seen in a decade or more, many Americans are left with a sick feeling in their stomachs. Unfortunately, this feeling may not be just about the economy. More and more Americans are reporting that economic woes and financial uncertainties are major sources of stress in their lives, and with stress comes a host of other problems, none of which are good for our emotional and physical health.

Read more of this article from HealthNewsDigest.com

EAPA’s 2008 Annual World EAP Conference
Hilton Atlanta ? Atlanta, GA ? October 15-18, 2008
Phone: (703) 387-1000 x317 ? Fax: (703) 522-4585 ? Email: confmgr@eapassn.org
Mail To: EAPA Conference, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Ste 410, Arlington, VA 22203
Sales Information: Jaime Barnhart, CMP, (703) 387-1000, Email: confmgr@eapassn.org

2008 EAPA Annual World Conference Exhibitor Rules and Regulations