Q. Mental health has become a much less taboo topic to discuss onshore, but some stigma remains in certain, typically 'macho' or male-dominated industries, including maritime. However, shipping organisations and shipowners and managers are starting to put a real focus on this area and its importance in keeping crew safe. What prompted OSM to develop its new mental health campaign? People with poor mental health are sometimes perceived as being objects of ridicule, especially in a male-dominated profession. This in turn will push people experiencing mental crisis on board to suffer in silence, which only aggravates the problem.
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