Why Worker Resilience, Mental Health, and Suicide Prevention Matter to Safety and Risk Management Professionals

Safety professionals are keenly aware of job-related injury and mortality data; however, many are not taking into consideration how mental well-being is playing a role in injuries and death. Nor has much attention been given to the impact of psychosocial hazards at work. For example, a November 16, 2018, study published by the Centers for …

Evaluating Employee Assistance Programs: 15 Questions Workplaces Should Ask to Strengthen the Mental Health Safety Net

Employee assistance programs (EAPs) may be one of the best-kept secrets for many employers. Instead, EAP resources should be widely publicized to help encourage participation by managers, employees, and their family members. Providing support services for employees’ personal and workplace problems that have the potential to negatively affect work can promote vibrant workers and mitigate …

What if They Say ‘Yes’ to Suicide Question?

What if you ask someone if they are thinking about suicide, and they say, “yes”? What do you say? Here are four responses that can make a difference. Express gratitude The first words out of your mouth: “Thank you.” “Thank you for trusting me.” “Thank you for your courage to be vulnerable with me.” “Thank …

15 Top Apps for Mental Health

For many people, apps are a part of our everyday living – from Uber, to conference schedules, to how we find our restaurants. They can also be part of our resilience toolkit. When we consider a comprehensive strategy to suicide prevention and mental health promotion, it’s helpful to segment approaches into “upstream” (preventing problems before …

Want to Help Veterans’ Suicide Prevention? Hire Them.

Employers need to reevaluate their relationship with the military and the profound disconnect that exists between the lip service of “Thank you for your service” and the actual tangible, material benefits we give to our Armed Forces and veterans. Acknowledgment The author would like to thank and acknowledge the contributions to this commentary by authors …

Language Matters: Why We Don’t Say “Committed Suicide”

Whenever a celebrity dies by suicide, the world pays attention, and the suicide prevention community braces for impact. Why? We know that the media will often circulate unsafe messaging for days after the tragedies and that this will have a suicide exposure effect on many people who are already vulnerable to suicide. Recently, we lost …

“Man Therapy”: Engaging Men in Their Mental Health

“You can’t fix your mental health with duct tape,” advises Dr. Richard Mahogany, a fictional therapist who is “manning up” mental health at www.ManTherapy.org. The following is according to Mental Health America. 1-in-5 men develop alcohol dependence in their lifetime. Men are four times more likely to die of suicide than women are. Over 6 million men …

Five Practices To Help You Find Happiness at Work

You may be wondering, “Seriously? How can we focus on being happy at this time? How is this related to risk management?” Despair seems to be everywhere. Natural disasters are devastating our country. Political strife and international tensions have people on edge. So many people feel overwhelmed. Happiness at work seems an elusive fantasy in …

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