title: Employee assistance programs: a worldwide perspective.
abstract: Once limited to U.S. corporations, employee assistance programs (EAPs) are now spreading around the world. The authors review global EAP trends and identify similarities and differences among EAPs in North America, Europe, Central and South America, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Caribbean. Through affiliations between international professional associations and services to multinational corporations, the EAP field is quietly creating globalized behavioral health services.
authors.affiliation: WellPoint Behavioral Health, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: von Vietinghoff-Scheel
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000639:trends