Seeing the signs for the black dog

摘要

The 'black dog" as Winston Churchill famously called it, knows no boundaries and can impact on those in the mining industry in the same way it does in any other area of Australian society. In fact the nature of the mining business might make individuals more susceptible to bouts of depression. Fly in fly out operations, stressful travel for executives, the constant barrage of regulatory compliance issues and the long hours of work are all part and parcel of working in mining companies. And they are conditions and factors which make for the occurrence of depressive illness.