As today’s mental health crisis collides with the nation’s current shortage of mental health providers, the result is an emotional perfect storm. Unfortunately, that storm’s unstoppable winds are blowing their way through America’s workforce, strengthening in intensity as they create new challenges. To ensure that support remains available, top-tier EAPs are leveraging technology in new ways.
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Unlocking the Parent Trap: How Top-Tier EAPs are Helping Parents Address Children’s Post-COVID Mental Health Issues
More than half of U.S. children and teens are struggling with mental health issues after the pandemic. Sadly, only 8% are apt to get help due to lack of access, stigma and other obstacles. To reach these children indirectly, top-tier EAPs are creating innovative new programs to support their parents. Continue Reading
Continue ReadingA Matter of Facts: How Employees Really Use Their EAPs
There has been a lot of noise in the market about the utilization and effectiveness of EAPs. But what’s fact vs. fiction in terms of the value EAPs actually provide? NBC put that question to its thought leadership task force and shared their insights in this important overview.
Continue ReadingInnovative EAP Solutions for Post-Pandemic Mental Health
It’s no secret that the impact of COVID is likely to linger for months, if not years. Even as the U.S. reluctantly takes its finger off the Pause button, employees are grappling with the pandemic’s mental health aftershocks. The recent surge in virus variants has only worsened the situation.
Continue Reading15 EAPs to Expand Your Company’s Mental Well-being Solutions
Since COVID, organizations have been scrambling to find innovative behavioral health tools that will augment outpatient counseling. A recent NBC member survey revealed 15 examples of top-tier EAPs whose innovative solutions are helping meet that need.
Continue ReadingThe Business of Mental Health
The growing need for mental health services has caught the attention of investors, who have been quick to capitalize on emerging industry opportunities. Would that have happened if mental health was a well-functioning industry?
Continue ReadingThe Growing Need for Full-Service EAPs
The need for mental health services in the U.S. has never been greater, jumping from 4% to 47% in under two years. As a result, employers’ reliance on top-tier EAPs is now critical. Full-service EAPs assist in many ways, from online evidence-based therapy and in-person counseling to work-life and organizational support.
Continue ReadingEmpathy: A Business Imperative
Empathy is something organizations have been talking about for decades. As a result, some can truly characterize their culture as one grounded in empathy, while others, perhaps not as much. Suffice it to say, the pandemic has forced organizations to reflect on their workforces — to better understand their employees’ myriad of needs, expectations and overall wellbeing. As we continue to move through this pandemic, employees’ behavioral health have become top-of-mind for many organizations.
Continue Reading10 Best Practices for Optimizing Mental Health During Open Enrollment
A knowledgeable benefits broker or consultant can be critical to helping organizations make the right behavioral health choices for their employees. Read the 10 suggestions offered by NBC members to optimize these pivotal decisions.
Continue ReadingWorkplace Outcome Suite© (WOS) Annual Report 2020
The Workplace Outcome Suite (WOS) industry profile is made up of data contributed by multiple providers worldwide since year 2010. This white paper is the forth in an annual series of reports on the Workplace Outcome Suite that first started in 2016. This study looks at six outcomes from the WOS: (1) Work Presenteeism, (2) Work Absenteeism, (3) Workplace Distress, (4) Work Engagement, (5) Life Satisfaction, and (6) a new measure that combines the results of the absenteeism and presenteeism data converted into hours of Lost Productive Time (LPT) at work.
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