Tag: mental health

Global maritime charity Stella Maris has teamed up with Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS) to provide seafarers with practical tips for dealing with the pressures of working at sea.

The 2021 SAFETY4SEA Forum took place virtually from 19 to 21 of October 2021, focusing on key safety issues and latest updates of the regulatory agenda for the maritime industry which is currently facing challenging times due to the pandemic.

Mrs Sandra Welch, CEO at Seafarers Hospital Society (SHS) reveals key highlights of a landmark study on seafarers’ health and safety onboard to highlight priorities for the industry in order to improve maritime health initiatives.

Maritime UK is launching its second Mental Health in Maritime survey, one year on from the first. The survey will analyse how employers support good mental health in the maritime sector and the findings will be published in February 2022.

More than one year after the pandemic began, the impact on the seafaring community continues to be felt. Loneliness and social isolation have always been present, and Nigel Griffiths, Chairman of the Marine Advisory Medical & Repatriation Service, discusses the difficulties faced in repatriating seafarers suffering from mental health issues in the time of COVID.

Sunday 10 October was World Mental Health Day, which was themed 'Mental Health in an Unequal World'. This day is a global event which aims to raise more awareness about mental health conditions.

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.

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

The ongoing pandemic is creating extra challenges to seafarers, who may become bored, frustrated or lonely and their families may also experience difficulties. For this reason, companies should create an on board caring culture to address mental health matters.

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.