Talk:Employee assistance programs

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Several paragraphs regarding the downsides of EAPs were contributed from 69.136.151.251 on 2006-04-05. These additions offered a valuable perspective on the use of EAPs, but I believe they pushed the article away from a NPOV. So, I've taken key points from the additions and reworked them into the article; my hope is that this preserves valid criticisms of EAPs while maintaining a NPOV.
- Davnor 14:42, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Considering the guidelines of what Wikipedia should be I am unsure if this link belongs here. If a reference to Compsych is placed here then so will links to other "notable" EAP companies, meaning that this entry could degrade into a directory which is Wikipedia is not (from What Wikipedia is not/when you wonder what to do: When you wonder what should or should not be in an article, ask yourself what a reader would expect to find under the same heading in an encyclopedia.) This entry is meant to direct people to information on what EAP's are and do, not a list of companies that provide EAP services. That perhaps would be more appropriate if you created an article entitled EAP Companies, but even that list would have to conform to guidelines of notablity. So, let us talk about this. G0dsweed 14:39, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

There are really only a few major EAP companies in the USA/World. Some other companies also provide similar services, but not on the same scale. I really can't see how adding 5 company names would degrade the quality of the article. Timwhit 00:17, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

May I suggest then, that we start an article for Notable EAP companies, with a longer list than just Compsych and create a link under the EAP article to the previously mentioned article? Or perhaps (and I think I like this idea better) we should just casually mention Compsych (and another "notable" EAP company if we can find one) as examples of EAP companies? Sort of like this article on oil companies([[1]]). How does that sound? G0dsweed 15:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Integrating a few of the larger EAP companies is probably the best solution rather than creating what will be a rather short article. Another good example of this can be seen on the Management Consulting article. Especially since the EAP business only has a few big players, similar to management consulting. Some other notable EAP's are: Magellan Health Services, CIGNA Behavioral Health, and Ceridian. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it is a good enough start, and hopefully others can add more later. If it gets to the point that the article is giant list of companies, then a separate article can be created. Timwhit 03:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)