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Spring mental health | March 13, 2024
The Wisconsin Construction Wellness Community this spring will solidify plans for an emergency response mental health team.
Mental health during the time change and the holidays
Bruce Morton, president Wisconsin Construction Wellness Community, writes about mental health management as the days get shorter and families gather for the holidays.
Fall mental health and healing
"A self-care journey looks different for everyone," writes Bruce Morton, the board president of the Wisconsin Construction Wellness Community.
During Mental Health Awareness Month (and every month), you are not alone
Over the past few weeks, I had the chance to reflect on some things.
Focusing on the connection between mental, physical health
Being an introvert or extrovert puts people in a different mental health space and can factor into how that person works, communicates, or socializes.
Pushing the needle on mental health is a team effort
As I gear up for our May technical meeting for my nonprofit, Wisconsin Construction Wellness Community, I think of a stat that construction workers die by suicide at a rate 4.3 times greater than any other workplace. This is higher than all jobsite fatalities combined.
Mental health taking on added importance for contractors
Mental health quickly becomes part of contractors' safety standards to quell rising suicide rates.
At Hunzinger, Sandkuhler strives for mental health in construction industry
When Kevin Sandkuhler thinks about mental health in the construction industry, he thinks of the past and those he wished he’d done more to help.
Pandemic worksite safety: A positive approach
With the COVID-19 pandemic showing few signs of abating soon, it’s important to shift one’s thinking from “these are the things we have to do” to “this is the way we do things now — and we can work with that.”
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