Suicide
Tool Box Talk Regarding Suicide, Addiction, and Mental Health - please, start talking...
I was shocked to learn recently that suicide is a leading cause of work-related fatalities, especially in construction - among those who build our highways, airfields, commercial buildings and skyscrapers, 53 out of 100,000 die by suicide – a rate that practically quadruples the national average of 13.6/100,000....and it's a topic that is seldom discussed. So I reached out to my friend Cal Beyer for some guidance - and here is what he provided me:
The Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (CIASP) is a FREE group formed by the Construction Financial Management Association (www.CFMA.org)
The CIASP website URL is www.cfma.org/suicideprevention Download the free POSTERS linked on the CIASP website at the very bottom of the Resources page
We have loaded many great resources on this website.
RECOMMENDED CONTENT:
1. CDC special report from 7/1/16 -- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6525a1.htm
2. Direct Links
3. This publication is considered to be in the public domain so it is acceptable to reprint as is:
A Construction Industry Blueprint: Suicide Prevention in the Workplace by Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas (reprinted with permission)
4. Suggested Resources:
· National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
· Crisis Text Line -- text "Connect" to 741741
· Man Therapy -- link to the 20 Step Head Check
· Suicide Prevention Resource Center
· Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
· QPR Institute
· Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
· National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
· American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
· National Alliance on Mental Illness
DrugRehab.com - Suicide
DrugRehab.com - Alcohol
5. Additional Links
6. Article showing what Cal's employer is doing: http://www.intheforefront.org/forefront-lakeside-industries-keynote-paves-way-end-construction-suicides
Please - share the resources. Encourage communication. Pass it on.
Please also visit our Sister Site at www,stoptalkprevent.org
I was shocked to learn recently that suicide is a leading cause of work-related fatalities, especially in construction - among those who build our highways, airfields, commercial buildings and skyscrapers, 53 out of 100,000 die by suicide – a rate that practically quadruples the national average of 13.6/100,000....and it's a topic that is seldom discussed. So I reached out to my friend Cal Beyer for some guidance - and here is what he provided me:
The Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (CIASP) is a FREE group formed by the Construction Financial Management Association (www.CFMA.org)
The CIASP website URL is www.cfma.org/suicideprevention Download the free POSTERS linked on the CIASP website at the very bottom of the Resources page
We have loaded many great resources on this website.
RECOMMENDED CONTENT:
1. CDC special report from 7/1/16 -- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6525a1.htm
2. Direct Links
- Construction + Suicide Prevention: Why Is This an Industry Imperative? by Sally Spencer-Thomas & Cal Beyer
- Construction + Suicide Prevention: 10 Action Steps Companies Can Take to Save Lives by Sally Spencer-Thomas & Cal Beyer
3. This publication is considered to be in the public domain so it is acceptable to reprint as is:
A Construction Industry Blueprint: Suicide Prevention in the Workplace by Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas (reprinted with permission)
4. Suggested Resources:
· National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
· Crisis Text Line -- text "Connect" to 741741
· Man Therapy -- link to the 20 Step Head Check
· Suicide Prevention Resource Center
· Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
· QPR Institute
· Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
· National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
· American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
· National Alliance on Mental Illness
DrugRehab.com - Suicide
DrugRehab.com - Alcohol
5. Additional Links
- Video on You Tube -- http://www.constructionworkingminds.org/cal-beyer-journey.html
- Blog -- http://www.constructionworkingminds.org/cal-beyer-journey.html
6. Article showing what Cal's employer is doing: http://www.intheforefront.org/forefront-lakeside-industries-keynote-paves-way-end-construction-suicides
Please - share the resources. Encourage communication. Pass it on.
Please also visit our Sister Site at www,stoptalkprevent.org
