AbstractEmployee Assistance Programs (EAPs) have arisen in work sites to help troubled employees deal with personal problems before their jobs are permanently affected. Originally known as Occupational Alcoholism Programs, EAPs now deal with a wide spectrum of problems. Depending on the work site, 20 to 45 percent of persons using EAPs do so for family or marital reasons. EAP is a burgeoning industry across North America, yet its links with mediation services are limited. EAP can act not only as an access route to mediation but also as a workplace‐based support system for those involved in the mediation process.
Cover page -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Section I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Unspoken Intersection of Mental Illness and Poverty -- Chapter 2: Creating Social Exclusion -- Chapter 3: Playing Musical Chairs -- Section II: Methodological Studies -- Chapter 4: Doing Participatory Action Research -- Chapter 5: The Article Idea Chart -- Chapter 6: Strategies for Retaining a Sample of Homeless Youth -- Chapter 7: The Stigma Scale -- Section III: Becoming Socially Excluded -- Chapter 8: Poverty Trajectories Experienced by Persons with Mental Illness -- Chapter 9: Using a Capabilities Approach to Understand Poverty and Social Inclusion of Mental Health Consumer-Survivors -- Chapter 10: "Until You Hit Rock Bottom There's No Support" -- Chapter 11: Sheltering Indigenous Women with Mental Illness in Ontario -- Chapter 12: The Mental Health of Those Who Serve Canada -- Chapter 13: Addressing Homelessness among Canadian Veterans -- Section IV: Creating Social Inclusion -- Chapter 14: Peer Support as a Direct Benefit of Focus Group Research -- Chapter 15: Seeking and Securing Work -- Chapter 16: Iris Scanning -- Chapter 17: The Effectiveness of a Shelter Diversion Intervention for Families Who Experience Homelessness -- Chapter 18: Preventing Mental Illness Discharge to Homelessness -- Chapter 19: An Evaluation of the London Community Addiction Response Strategy -- Chapter 20: Service Preferences of Homeless Youth with Mental Health Issues -- Author Biographies -- Copyright Acknowledgements -- Index -- Back cover.
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