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Twin Cities union starts program to combat suicide, drug addiction among construction workers
Twin Cities union starts program to combat suicide, drug addiction among construction workers

Twin Cities union starts program to combat suicide, drug addiction among construction workers

A Twin Cities painters union is taking on mental health with a program new to Minnesota that provides onsite counseling and intervention training for construction workers. The goal is to tackle the high rates of suicide and substance abuse in the construction industry head on and to make it much easier to access help without any stigma, organizers said. The “FTIUM Care Team” program was launched this month by the 3,500-member International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council…

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4 Navy sailors assigned to same facility die by apparent suicide within weeks, amid growing concerns of mental health crisis
4 Navy sailors assigned to same facility die by apparent suicide within weeks, amid growing concerns of mental health crisis

4 Navy sailors assigned to same facility die by apparent suicide within weeks, amid growing concerns of mental health crisis

At minimum 4 U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the very same facility in Virginia died by suicide in the past couple months, which includes just one as not long ago as Saturday, armed service officials and relatives users stated. It is the newest cluster of Navy suicides this calendar year to spark concerns of a fleetwide mental wellness crisis. The 4 sailors labored for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Heart (MARMC), which maintains army ships and is centered in Norfolk, Virginia….

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