Handling a Mental Health Crisis or Emergency and Spotting Suicidal Behaviour in Seafarers

Author: ICS – International Chamber of Shipping

Summary: This document provides tools to help shipowners, masters and seafarers cope with stressful situations and detect suicidal behaviour.Shipping companies should take a mental health emergency as seriously as a physical threat. A seafarer experiencing a mental health crisis feels helpless and is incapable of coping, especially during a pandemic.

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