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Workplace Mental Health

in the Workplace

CONCERN -- Employee Assistance Program
http://www.concern-eap.com/
    The F.Y.I. library contains brief articles on issues that confront people when they are trying to establish a balance between work and obligations at home.  Examples of topics covered, among many others, are: choosing childcare, dealing with difficult people, depression, latchkeys, and emotional anniversaries.

The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
http://workplace.samhsa.gov/WPWorkit/workitindex.html
    Contains: “Making your Workplace Drug Free: A Kit for Employers” and in Spanish at http://workplace.samhsa.gov/WPSPWorkit/wpspindex.html

Psychiatric Disabilities, Employment, and the Americans with Disabilities Act Background Paper -- Office of Technology Assessment (HTML conversion of Official EEOC release by Earth Operations Central)
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/psych.html
    An indepth enforcement guide from the Office of Legal Counsel on how those with psychiatric disabilities are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.nami.org/helpline/ada.htm
    One of NAMI's Helpline Fact Sheets that are written for the general public. This one answers commonly-asked questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment; state and local government activities; public accommodations; public transportation; telecommunication; and public services.

Program Performance Standards 1304.24
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/mentalhealth/1304-24.htm
    The Head Start Program Performance Standards are the mandatory regulations that grantees and delegate agencies must implement in order to operate a Head Start program. The standards define the objectives and features of a quality Head Start program in concrete terms; they articulate a vision of service delivery to young children and families; and they provide a regulatory structure for the monitoring and enforcement of quality standards.




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