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    • By Daniel Feerst
    Helping to Prevent SuicideEvery 40 seconds, someone attempts suicide. Every 17 minutes, someone succeeds. Over 400,000 failed attempts a year end up with serious injuries. In most cases, the person who commits suicide has tried before and made numerous attempts to reach out to others. Ninety percent of suicides are associated with mental illness, such as depression. And 50% [...]
  • Testing Testing

    • By Daniel Feerst
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  • Employee Assistance Program Professionals Can Offer Help to Employee Facing Memories of Traumatic Events

    • By Daniel Feerst
    Helping Employees Coping With the Pain of Traumatic Event AnniversariesAnniversaries  sadness for employees. [...]
  • Suicide Prevention Education and Training for Employees

    • By Dan Feerst
    Helping to Prevent SuicideEvery 40 seconds, someone attempts suicide. Every 17 minutes, someone succeeds. Over 400,000 failed attempts a year end up with serious injuries. In most cases, the person who commits suicide has tried before and made numerous attempts to reach out to others. Ninety percent of suicides are associated with mental illness, such as depression. And 50% [...]
  • Overcoming Loneliness -- Download a Free Workplace Wellness Tip Sheet for HR and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

    • By Daniel Feerst
    DOWNLOAD FREE REPRODUCIBLE PDFDOWNLOAD FREE PDF & EDITABLE PACKAGEDespite the fact that people are connected more than ever through technology, more of us are experiencing loneliness. A recent study has found that feeling lonely doesn’t just contribute to more behavioral health prob-lems—it literally can shorten your life.Loneliness Adversely Affects HealthPeople who say they are lonely have [...]
  • Six Ways to Sabotage Your Employee's Recovery

    • By Daniel Feerst
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  • Opioids: What You Need to Know

    • By Daniel A Feerst, BSW, MSW, LISW
    Opioids include illicit drugs like heroin and licit prescription pain relievers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, methadone, fentanyl, and others. Opioids interact with the nervous system to relieve pain. Many users will experience extremely pleasurable effects from them, and risk of addiction.Update, Facts, and Figures Of the 20.5 million Americans 12 or older who had a [...]