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Construction firm Bechtel said earlier this year that it would spent $7 million toward an effort with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to reach 500,000 construction workers with ...
An estimated 6,000 construction workers died by suicide in 2022, the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Construction workers are six times more ...
NEW YORK — The life-threatening risks for New York’s construction workers don’t end when their shifts do. Struggles with depression and substance abuse are common in an industry plagued by a ...
The American Association of Suicidology encourages further study in the field of suicidology by clinicians as well as the general public. The AAS states their mission is to encompass advanced study into suicidology as a field of science, educate the public in efforts to reduce the number of suicides worldwide, analyze and break down suicidal behaviors, and promote further research and training ...
CrisisLink is a non-profit 24-hour mental health and suicide-prevention hot line based in Arlington, Virginia. [2] Founded in 1969, CrisisLink fields more than 20,000 calls annually. The majority of calls to CrisisLink are fielded by trained volunteers. CrisisLink is part of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. [3]
Norman Louis Farberow (February 12, 1918 – September 10, 2015) was an American psychologist, and one of the founding fathers of modern suicidology. [1] He was among the three founders in 1958 of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, which became a base of research into the causes and prevention of suicide.
About 1.4 million or 12.3% of construction workers were age 60 or older. [41] One in five (19.7%) construction workers had a respiratory disease, and one in four (25.8%) had cancer, diabetes, or heart, kidney, or liver disease. [41] About 30% of construction workers were Hispanic who make up 17.7% of workers in all industries. [41]
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