Wellness & Well-being Highlights October 23

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of October 23, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics on how the early 1980’s misguided “War on Drugs” has failed generations of US citizens to how aimlessly spending time on your phone (aka doomscrolling) is considered a new 21^st century addiction to how matters concerning race and ethnicity have changed over the past 200 years. Today, I wish to shed some light on the importance of YOUR input. I realize we all have limited time to deal with issues that at first may appear to be less urgent/important to one’s immediate wants/needs/desires. Today, if you are connected to the STL construction industry I respectfully ask that you participate in the first survey linked below. And, on any level, if you are involved with construction apprenticeship programs, I kindly ask that you participate in the second survey linked below. Believe me, input from our readers from past surveys has swayed how the construction industry moved forward. Case in point: Consider where we were 7 years ago on topics of mental health, opioids awareness, and suicide prevention vs where we are today. Earlier this past week I spoke with a couple of trusted colleagues/friends. When it comes to the construction industry, we agreed that the time has come to stop talking about DEI and start acting…based on evidence!

Sources: https://www.constructforstl.org/survey-benchmarking-construction-culture/

https://research.ifebp.org/s3/App24?utm_campaign=2024%20Apprenticeship%20-%20101923_Reminder&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

Narcan on College Campuses

Fentanyl & Failed Policies

Opioids Settlement: Another Pharma Files Bankruptcy

Unintended use of Opioids Settlement funds?

MH / TikTok / Harvard

Troubled Teens: Trauma v Therapy

Helping Anxious Kids

Women / Inflation / MH

Gradual Onset Stress

Mindset Worker MH: Finances