Articles and Newsletters

The staff at EAP Solutions is constantly gathering new informational resources to help its clients understand and deal with their problems. Now, you can access some of these resources online. For your convenience, we have archived some of our most popular articles from our newsletter, Spotlight, along with some insightful information supplements found online. All articles are listed by topic and can be viewed by clicking on the links supplied below:

1. Addictions

• A Smoker's Guide to Kicking the Habit
• Addressing Chemical Dependency Problems
• Chemical Dependency: How Much Is Too Much?
• How Alcoholism Affects Kids
• Why Should I Quit Smoking?

2. Coping With Crisis

• The Anniversary of September 11: A Parents’ Guide for Talking to their Children
• The Impact of Hurricane Katrina
• When Tragic Loss Strikes
• Weathering the Storm (Hurricane Preparedness)
• Support in the Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Tragedy

3. Financial Issues

• Avoiding Financial Trouble
• Buying a Car Online
• Deter, Detect, Defend: Battling Identity Theft
• Establish Your Individual Credit Rating
• Home Search 101: What to Consider When Searchingfor the Perfect Home
• Investing Basics: Debt Management
• Planning for Retirement: How to Check Your Social Security
• Raising Money-Savvy Children
• Savings
• You and Your Finances: Dormant Savings Bonds

4. Health Issues

• Caring for the Caregiver: Getting Your Zzzz’s
• Communicating with Your Doctor
• Exercise: The E Stands for Everyone
• Exercise Your Mind
• Get the Most out of your Mammogram
• Got Your Flu Shot/Flu Facts/Prevention
• Healthy Lifestyle: Elements of Living Well
• Headaches on the Job: Getting Around the Pain
• Healthy Skin RX
• Make Health a Guy Thing
• Men's Health Concerns
• Positive Steps Toward Wellness
• Skin Deep
• Staying Energined: Foods That Keep Your Body Going
• Summer: Time for Recreation
• Wellness: The Road to the Healthy Life
• Why We Remove Cataracts

5. Mental Health

• Beating the Holiday Blues
• Depression and Your Health
• Depression: Symptoms and Treatment of Depression
• Exercise Reducing Depression, Controlling Anger
• Helping With Depression
• Managing Guilt
• May is Mental Health Month
• Mood Boosting Foods
• Relieving Depression Support, Therapy, and Recovery
• 10 Tips for Improving Family Mental Health
• Understanding PTSD
• What is Intimate Partner Violence?

6. Work Related

• Bridging the Generational Gap at Work
• Building Healthy Work Teams
• Diversity at Work

7. Parenting

• Avoid Over Scheduling of Children's Activities
• Conditional Yes to Child's Request
• Exchanging Parental Roles
• Grandparent Power!
• Helping Children Cope with Divorce
• Lower Your Standards, Protect Your Sanity
• Online Safety Tips For Parents
• Parental Self-Care
• Parents Attending Children’s School Events
• Preparing to Send a Child Off to College
• Respectful Snoopint
• Single Parenting, Stepfamilies
• TV Training

8. Family

• Children Learning at Home
• Couples Spending Time Together
• Dealing With Bullying
• Effective Communication Skills for Parents and Older Siblings
• Emergency Quality Family Time
• Fighting the Good Fight: Marital Arguments
• Grandparent Power
• How Prepared Are You?
• How Well Are You Balancing Work and Family?
• Learning at Home for Children
• National Adoption Month
• Online Safety Tips For Parents
• Set Healthy Goals and Help Your Child to Do the Same
• Standardized School Tests

9. Self-Enhancement

• Changing for the Better
• Developing Self-Esteem
• Fresh Start for the New Year
• Ideas for Positive Change
• Practicing Personal Quality
• Resiliency and the New Year
• Top Ten Reasons to Call the EAP

10. Legal Issues

• Legal Matters and the Elderly

11. Caregiving

• Elder Care
• Elder Care Issues
• Healthcare Agencies Providing Elder Service

12. Stress

• Beating the Burnout Blues
• Getting a Grip on Stress
• Keeping Cool
• Ten Holiday Stress Busters

For more information on your specific problem, please call the EAP at 412-647-3698 or toll-free at 800-647-3327.