Faculty and Staff Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

When Should I Refer Friend or make a Self-Referral?

It is common to experience problems in life, but how can you determine if a concern has reached the "professional help" stage?

The best way to determine the answer to this question is to look at how much the problem disrupts your daily life:

• Does it worry you a lot?
• Does it affect the way you do your job?
• Do you try to pretend nothing is wrong?
• Do you have physical symptoms of stress?
• Does it affect your relationships?
• Do you have trouble sleeping, and wake up tired?
• Do you feel irritable most of the time?
• Do you feels sad or blue a great deal of the time?
• Do you find yourself using alcohol or another type of drug to make life easier to cope with?