Worker Wellness Blog: Week of May 23rd

Each week Dr. John Gaal provides us with a Workers’ Wellness Update. This update provides workers, community partners, and more with important articles that he has curated. Below are links to the articles. We hope you enjoy one, a couple, or all of the articles.

About our Worker Wellness Program (WWP):

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Articles of the Week: May 23, 2021

How to Make Mental Health a Top Priority This Fall and Beyond

How A Hospital And A School District Teamed Up To Help Kids In Emotional Crisis

As Life Begins To Return To Normal, Psychologists Say Expect Anxiety

Up All Night

Out Of The Mental Illness Box

The Weird, Wild World of Mushrooms

Living With Loneliness

Encore: This Memorial Day, Remembering The Overlooked Heroes

Mental health issues spiked in 2020, but free mental health resources can help

VIDEO: Fox 2 TV Features Forum-Led Effort Encouraging Construction Industry Vaccinations

A Knitter, A Rock Climber And A Mixologist Teach Us How To Find A Hobby

Good Moods Often Lead to Bad Judgments

‘The Crime of the Century’ Review: Manufacturing the Opioid Epidemic

How to Protect Kids’ Ears From Headphone-Related Hearing Loss

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.