Tag: maritime health

On the occasion of the World Mental Health Day on 10 October, a clinical psychologist urges maritime industry to stop making empty promises about helping to improve seafarers’ welfare.

With COVID-19 pandemic, dealing with a disease onboard has become a challenge due to the high transmissibility of the virus.

Anxiety and stress themselves produce these physical symptoms, and on top of that your reaction to those symptoms can make them worse.

The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), in collaboration with PSA and the Fullerton Health Group (FHG), has set up a seafarers’ vaccination (SEAVAX) centre in Singapore.

When a seafarer is experiencing a mental health crisis, he might no longer feel able to cope with it, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The positive thinking that usually comes with optimism is a key part of effective stress management. As a result, effective stress management is associated with many health benefits.

Disability is an evolving concept, which ten years ago nobody would have thought to ask the question. However, the conditions of work and equality have changed, and asking these questions can help promote the opportunities for disabled people and highlight the issue. 

Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, prevalence of anxiety and depression has been increased or even doubled.

Nearly 100,000 of the country’s seafarers have been vaccinated against COVID-19 so far, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) told to Inquirer news agency.

Standard Club and Sailors’ Society issued some practical tips in order to boost seafarers' mental wellness onboard.