101763: Improving the Bottom Line

About the Course:

This hour-long video presentation, from SAMHSA’s Recovery Month webcast series, examines alcohol and drug addiction issues in the workplace, including how employers can identify and address employees’ substance abuse problems. It shows how employee assistance programs benefit people with addictions, their family members, and companies.

Publication Date:

August 2007

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, and social workers who seek knowledge about substance abuse issues in the workplace. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Identify ways in which employees’ substance abuse issues may impact employers and discuss the benefits of addressing the problem.

2. Describe helpful and unhelpful ways in which drug treatment and testing may be handled by employers.

3. Discuss the prevalence of substance abuse issues in the workplace and the type of work environment that is beneficial to all.