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Carson, Kerry D.; Balkin, David B. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1992
Describes employee assistance model in which cost-effective, high-quality treatment can be offered for a complex range of alcohol-related problems. Notes that this system of care allows the employee to be treated in the least restrictive therapeutic environment, thus encouraging continued productivity at work. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Drinking, Employee Assistance Programs
Watkins, Karen E.; And Others – 1989
There are over 28 million children of alcoholics in the United States, 22 million of whom have now reached adulthood yet continue to experience emotional, mental, and physical effects of life in an alcoholic family. In the workplace, adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) have recently become acknowledged as a group who face special challenges. The…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Alcoholism, Employee Assistance Programs, Employees
Desmond, Thomas C. – 1992
Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) offer employees confidential, professional assistance for the kinds of personal problems that adversely affect their lives and their jobs. These programs started when acute worker shortages during World War II, coupled with the successes of Alcoholic Anonymous, prompted some companies in the 1940s to develop…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Counseling Services, Employee Assistance Programs, Employees