Unum Behavioral Health
Choose the solution that does more. Unlike a traditional EAP, Unum Behavioral Health tackles all facets of mental health support.
Our behavioral health solution | Standard EAP offerings | |
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Support focus |
Focused on providing personalized and guided support to meet a broad range of employees' mental health needs | Broader than just mental health support with varying degrees of individualization and guidance |
Access |
Provides access to immediate access to support, with no authorization or waiting period needed | Typically takes weeks to get access to licensed therapists, with significant employee effort |
Engagement |
25% of employees expected to engage in one of the support pathways | <8% historical participation in traditional EAP components of a traditional EAP offering2 |
Clinical results1 |
78% showing significant improvement, maintained at 6 and 12 months1 | No functionality to measure long-term symptom improvement |
Program length1 |
12 weeks1 | 2.47 sessions per case3 |
Avg. time engaged1 |
20 hours1,* | 1.34 hours4 (calculated with 25-40 minute average session length of traditional EAP) |
Metrics and reporting |
Includes robust reporting on key metrics: engagement, completion and clinical effectiveness and productivity measures by support pathway | Only report high-level engagement metrics |
1 Unum's treatment partner internal data, 2021. Applies to individuals who participated in the 12-week therapy program.
2 Journal of Insurance Regulation: "Are We Doing Enough:" An Evaluation of the Utilization of Employee Assistance Programs to Support the Mental Health Needs of Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020.
3 Sharar, D. Where do we go from here? Improving value and pricing in EAP. Journal of Employee Assistance, 2019.
4 Amanda Ruiz, A Quick Guide to Understanding EAP, The Counseling Collective, 2019.
* Limited number of therapist visits available.