Posts Tagged ‘impacts of employee drinking in the workplace’
National Recovery Month – Resources to Help Your Employees Anonymously Find Treatment
September is National Recovery Month. It is sponsored by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency) “to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover.” Celebrating National Recovery Month – Sharing Resources to Help Employees Anonymously Find Treatment for an Alcohol Use Disorder Employees view information…
Read MoreWorkplace Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Workplace impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is an important concept for businesses to understand. Why? Let me answer this question by first explaining a bit about… Adverse Childhood Experiences and the CDC-Kaiser ACE Study Adverse childhood experiences are traumatic or stressful events occurring in a person’s life before age 18. They were identified in…
Read MoreRaising Workplace Awareness About ACEs | Adverse Childhood Experiences
I first learned of the CDC-Kaiser Permanent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, “one of the largest investigations of childhood abuse and neglect and later-life health and well-being,” in 2009. I was shocked to learn the original study was conducted at Kaiser Permanente San Diego from 1995 to 1997 with two waves of data collection. Over 17,000 Kaiser members participated by…
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