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FPCD-81-15 1 (1981-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbqa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FEKRAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION MARCH 17, 1981 B-202 305 Acting Chair, Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits Committee on Post Office and Civil 114603 Service House of Representatives Dear Madam Chair: Subject: jental Health Programs for Federal Employees (FPCD-81-15) In response to a letter from Chairwoman Gladys N. Spellman dated August 20, 1980, and discussions with her office, we obtained information on mental health programs available to Federal employees and on the success of some of these programs. The detailed information we obtained is presented in the enclosure. The primary mental health program available to Federal employees is counseling services for alcohol and drug abuse problems. In addition, most agencies provide some counsel- ing for a wide range of emotional problems. In 1979 agencies used 529 staff-years, or about $9.9 million, in providing mental health counseling services to about 36,000 employees. In May 1979 the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recom- mended that agencies implement a broad-based counseling pro- gram for emotional, marital, financial, and legal problems, as well as for alcohol and drug abuse. Many of the agencies we visited had not formally adopted the recommended broad-based program. OPM has not published standards or set goals that could serve as indicators of a successful agency mental health counseling program. Recent OPM evaluations and a prior GAO report have revealed management problems in various aspects of mental health program implementation. However, many agencies have reported to OPM that the mental health (964171)

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