WorkPlace Centers™ - Behavioral/Mental Health & Wellbeing

Institute for Health and Productivity Management

The International Journal of Health & Productivity (IJHP) Expands Its Thought Leadership Role in this Special Edition

December 2018 - Volume 10, Number 2

  • EAP Works: Global Results From 24,363 Counseling Cases With Pre-Post Data on the Workplace Outcome Suite (WOS)
  • Demonstrating Value: Measuring Outcome and Mitigating Risk - A FOH EAP Study Utilizing the Workplace Outcome Suite
  • Development and Validation of a Critical Incident Outcome Measure
  • Validation of the Five-Item, Short-Form Version of the Workplace Outcome Suite
  • Measuring Coaching Effectiveness: Validation of the Workplace Outcome Suite for Coaching

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Journal/Peer-Reviewed and Web Articles, Magazines, Academy Briefs

Redefining Health: What Does it Mean to be Healthy (IJHP, V8N1, 2016)
Path Analysis to Identify Predictors of Stress and Impact on Productivity in a U.S. Financial Services Company (IJHP, V8N1, 2016) Mary Marzec, PhD, Health Management Research, University of Michigan; Dee Edington, PhD, Edington Associates
Wellbeing: A Critical Health Domain (JHP, V7N1, 2013) Edward Jones, PhD, Former President, Commercial Division, ValueOptions, Sr. VP, Strategic Planning, IHPM; Jeb Brown, PhD, President, Center for Clinical Informatics; Takuya Minami, PhD, Associate Prof, Univ. MA, Boston
Leveraging the Workplace to Combat Depression (JHP, V6N2, 2012) Edward Jones, PhD, Former President, Commercial Division, ValueOptions; Richard Paul, MSW, CEAP, Sr. VP, Health and Performance Solutions, ValueOptions
Evaluating the Workplace Effects of EAP Counseling (JHP, V6N2, 2012) David Sharar, PhD, Chestnut Global Partners; John Pompe, PsyD, Caterpillar; Richard Lennox, PhD, Chestnut Global Partners
Using Employee Assistance Plans (EAPs) to Measurably Improve Mental Health and Performance (JHP, V6N2, 2012) William B. Bunn III, MD, JD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health & Productivity; VP, Health, Safety, Security, and Productivity, Navistar International
Is There a Business Case for Reducing Employees' Antidepressant Prescription Drug Cost Sharing (JHP, V6N1, 2012)WordPress Developer Sean Nicholson, PhD, Cornell University; Matthew Sweeney, MS, Cornell University; Jennifer Whiteley, EdD, MSc, MA; Pfizer; James Harnett, PharmD, MS, Pfizer
Measuring Workplace Depression to Manage It (JHP, V6N1, 2012) Alberto Colombi, MD, Global Medical Director, PPG Industries; Zorianna Hyworon, Founder and CEO, InfoTech; Harris Allen, PhD, Lecturer, Yale School of Medicine
Mental Health Parity: Keeping an Eye on the BIG PICTURE (H&PM 2009) Richard Bedrosian, PhD, Director, Behavioral Health & Solution Development, Wellness & Prevention, and Johnson & Johnson Co.
Behavioral Health and Wellness (H&PM 2009) Edward Jones, PhD, Former President, Commercial Division, ValueOptions
NOTE: The JHP now is branded as the International Journal of Health & Productivity (IJHP)

Web Articles: Behavioral Health

Obstacles to a Therapeutic Alliance: Competing with a Biological Prejudice (March 9, 2020)
What Do You Specialize In? Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
A Non-stigmatizing Path to Long-term Growth (February 19, 2020) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Against the Medicalization of Behavioral Healthcare (February 11, 2020) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Planning for Tomorrow with a Change in Behavior (February 4, 2020) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Aren’t Health Behaviors Part of Behavioral Health? (January 29, 2020) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
A Transformative Plan for Our Industry: The Consolidated Behavioral Health (CBH) Model: Rooting Out Treatment Failures
(January 23, 2020).
Included in this issue are:

Rooting Out Treatment Failures (January 23, 2020)
How Would You Characterize Our Clinical Era?
(January 14, 2020)

The Fatal Flaw in Population Health (January 7, 2020)
The Next Parity Movement: Physical and Behavioral Health Systems (January 2, 2020)


The Limited Potential of Primary Care Integration (December 18, 2019)
Consolidated Behavioral Health: A Fundamental Reformulation of Services (December 12, 2019)
Consolidated Behavioral Health: Introducing a Next-generation Clinical Model (December 2, 2019)
Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Emotional Health: The Secret of Primary Care (June 6, 2019) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Understanding What Freud Got Right (May 24, 2019) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Complex Patients Not Defined by Rigid Categories: My Best Friend in High School (Behavioral Healthcare Executive, May, 2019) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
https://www.psychcongress.com/article/fraud-waste-and-abuse-are-dishonorable-trinity-behavioral-healthcare-2 Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
A Dishonorable Trinity for Behavioral Healthcare (April 19, 2019) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY: Building a Better Process for Developing Medical Necessity Criteria in Behavioral Health (Behavioral Healthcare Executive, March, 2019) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
The Mandate for Measurement: When Will Behavioral Healthcare Fully Embrace Clinical Data Analysis (Behavioral Healthcare Executive, March, 2019) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Actually, It Does Take A Village: Social Connection Will Never Be Obsolete (Behavioral Healthcare Executive, February, 2019) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Stepping Up to the Quality Improvement Challenge in Healthcare (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, Jan, 2019) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Is Transformative Investment on the Horizon for Behavioral Healthcare? (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, Dec, 2018) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Thoughts on Product Development (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, Aug, 2018) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Panic, Adapt or Innovate: Consider the Options for Healthcare Executives in 2017 (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, Apr, 2017) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
It's The Clinical Model (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, Jan, 2017) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Follow the Money in Behavioral Healthcare (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, Aug, 2016) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Should We Aim for Cured, Doing Better or Still Working onIt? (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, June, 2016) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
How Behavioral Health Can Advance a Better Model (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, Sept, 2015) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
What Is an Empirically-Supported Clinician? (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, June, 2015) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management
How Behavioral Health Can Advance a Better Model (Behavioral Healthcare Publication, Sept, 2015) Authored by: Edward R. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Institute for Health and Productivity Management