\n\t\tConnecticut High School Coaches Association holds Hall of Fame banquet\t<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a real problem, and it\u2019s a problem that, until recently, nobody talked about,\u201d Chad McCullough, vice president and general manager of Turner Construction, said.<\/p>\n
When construction sites make the news, it\u2019s usually for worksite accidents. McCollough said that is also where management has been focused.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut if you look deeper at the numbers, we have a bigger problem with mental health issues, addiction, and suicide in our industry,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
That is why dozens of people from many different companies came together to sign a memorandum of understanding, a collaboration years in the making.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt reflects an industry coming together to recognize that mental health, suicide prevention, substance abuse awareness, and psychological safety are not separate from workforce strategy or worksite safety,\u201d explained Beth DuPont of the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, a group spearheading the effort.<\/p>\n
One of the things that is going to change is that posters will go up at worksites telling people treatment is available, which will even include a QR code they can scan for more information about that treatment. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut while the work is visible, we know that the stress, anxiety, and emotional toll that can come with it is not,\u201d Andrea Lobo of the Cornell Scott Hill Health Center said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey occur outside the workplace,\u201d Eric Cushman, vice president of Gilbane Building Company, said. \u201cThey occur when someone, unfortunately, gets hurt and suffers from opioid addiction afterwards, and suffers from mental health issues. We need to bring that forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
It takes a team working together to build a hospital. Now, that team is working together to help each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s inspiring and uplifting,\u201d McCullough said. \u201cIt gives me hope that we\u2019re going to turn this thing around and help people get better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) \u2014 Construction industry leaders announced Friday morning that they are working together to battle…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":786707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2738,9886,210,517,16563,321569,67,132,68,321568],"class_list":{"0":"post-786706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-connecticut","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-new-haven","13":"tag-news-8","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wtnh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116550768341176269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}