World Mental Health Day

WAIT: A Simple Suicide Prevention Advice

On the occasion of the World Mental Health Day celebrated on 10th October, UK’s Mental Health Foundation issued an infographic providing simple suicide prevention advice for anyone concerned, reports Safety4sea.

Suicide prevention

This comes as the World Health Organization sheds a focus this year on suicide prevention, an issue which seems to be gaining more attention in the maritime world, in light of a recent study indicating that 5.9% of all deaths at sea were proven suicides.

While stress and...

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Mental health: prevention is the best cure

Lawrence Waterman, Chairman of British Safety Council

Mental health: prevention is the best cure

British Safety Council calls on employers to safeguard their workforce’s mental health and to invest in workplace wellbeing

On the eve of World Mental Health Day, held on 10 October, the British Safety Council is calling on the government and businesses to invest in prevention to tackle mental ill-health at work.

Lawrence Waterman, Chairman of the British Safety Council, said: “There is growing...

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