MENTAL STRESS FRACTURES

摘要

Bill Hill, chief executive of the mental health charity Lighthouse Club, is recalling a phone conversation with a mother of three whose husband had worked in the industry for 16 years. "That guy most likely did not know we were there," Hill says. He believes the organisation's 24-hour helpline could have provided the self-employed worker with a light at the end of the tunnel in which he evidently felt trapped. "I'm not saying we would have stopped that suicide but we would have had a damn good try [...] He was in serious debt and it can become overwhelming. We have experts who can help." The Lighthouse Club is a charity funded by and offering support to those in the construction sector. Both historic data and new data shows that its services are vital and necessary. So why are mental health problems so prevalent in the construction industry? And what can be done to change this situation?