Wellness & Well-being Highlights September 8th
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of September 8, 2025
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog looks at if the FTC will make progress regarding establishing guardrails for children using AI—to a rise in workers (random) testing positive for Fentanyl—to how our economy’s downturn negatively impacts Black workers. This week I would like to take a closer look at the array of training and resources that focus on the 3 sides of the suicide triangle…especially, since September 10th (Global Suicide Prevention Awareness Day) is quickly approaching.
Suicide Prevention is a term that is often misused to describe activities that include Awareness, Intervention and Postvention. To be clear, prevention should be framed more accurately to describe ‘awareness’ efforts. To this end, a good example is AFSP’s course called Talk Saves Lives where one learns about warning signs, risk factors, protective factors, etc.[1]
Suicide Intervention is the 2nd leg of the triangle. Herein, someone who notices those aforementioned signs and then acts is where we move from Prevention to Intervention. This stage requires commitment in the form of time, training, and practice. One must develop her/his listening skills, be compassionate but direct, and stay with this person in distress until a warm handoff takes place (physically getting the person in need into the hands of a mental health professional, ER, etc.).[2]
The third leg of the triangle is Suicide Postvention. Some experts refer to this as after-care, support for suicide loss survivors, etc. This stage is about what we do as a family, workplace, and/or community after an incident (whether it is an attempt or death). As I have mentioned before in this blog, this is the portion of the triangle that has NOT received much attention until recently![3] In fact, I am currently completing the 3rd phase of a related research study involving the US Construction Industry that began in the Summer of 2024.
Let’s move from awareness to action by accessing trainings and resources that address each of the 3 legs of the suicide triangle made available in the last section of this week’s blog.
Please check out the rest of this week’s blog: https://moworksinitiative.org/category/worker-wellness-news/
Sources: [1] https://afsp.org/talk-saves-lives/
[3] https://www.datocms-assets.com/164289/1755120803-after-a-suicide-toolkit_construction-workplaces.pdf
AFSP’s Hard Hat Courage Toolkit
AI / Parental Controls / Teen Suicides
Digital Intervention & Suicide Ideation
Drug Testing / Workplace / Fentanyl (1)
Drug Testing / Workplace / Fentanyl (2)
Drug Misuse / Stress / Construction
Buffet Battles Cocaine Down South
Fentanyl Death: A Mother’s Fight for Justice
After a Loss: Insights to Grief & Healing
STL’s SUD Recovery High School
Psychological Injuries / Workplace Harassment / Laws
Phones / Toilets / Hemorrhoids
Labor Day: More Than a Day Off
Unions are Popular…Laws are Lacking
Poor Economy / Unemployment / Black Workers
Impact of DC Cuts on Rural Healthcare
Demand for Skilled Trades Workers Grows
Upskilling & Retaining Construction Workers
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
VETs / STEP / Financial Wellness & Suicide Prevention (9/9)
Youth Suicide Awareness (9/10)
New Data on Construction Workers’ MH (9/11)
Hard Hats & Heavy Burdens (9/11)
Suicide Prevention (QPR) Training & Candlelight Vigil (9/10)
Suicide Prevention in Black Communities (9/23)
Suicide Prevention in Rural Communities
MiM Post-Suicide Response Guide
AFSP’s After a Suicide Toolkit for Construction
NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact jgaal@moworks.org with related questions or comments.
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