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Culture, Toxicity and Safety

June 26, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Culture, Toxicity and Safety There are several reasons why Safety in its current state will never deal effectively with mental health: · The mis-definition of culture and, · The brutalism of … [Read more...] about Culture, Toxicity and Safety

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Zero Harm Tagged With: mental health

The Sickness of Safetyism

November 6, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 3 Comments

The Sickness of Safetyism When I do training and safety people attend there is invariably someone who introduces themselves by the nominal ‘Safety Sam’ or ‘Safety Sally’. This is how they are known … [Read more...] about The Sickness of Safetyism

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: mental health, safety sam, safetyism

Unanswered Questions and Mental Health

November 3, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

  Yesterday we went to a memorial function for a friend whose daughter suicided, Sam was 36. These are always very troubling occasions with many tears and many more unanswered questions. We went … [Read more...] about Unanswered Questions and Mental Health

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long Tagged With: empathy, love, mental health, suicide

The Social Construction of Mental Health

August 4, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

The Social Construction of Mental Health As Safety starts to move into an interest in mental health it brings with it its baggage of individualism, cognitvism and behaviourism. It is through this … [Read more...] about The Social Construction of Mental Health

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long Tagged With: mental health

Mental Health and Zero Harm

July 20, 2019 by Dr Rob Long 8 Comments

  The foundation principle of pastoral care required in meeting people with mental health is tolerance. The principle of ‘there but for the grace of god go i’ is a critical disposition when … [Read more...] about Mental Health and Zero Harm

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: Black Dog Institute, mental health, R U OK, Zero Harm

Mental Health and the Safety Habitus

April 11, 2019 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Mental Health and the Safety Habitus How is the safety industry equipped to tackle the challenges of mental health? What assumptions about personhood and ‘mind’ dominate the safety sector? Do these … [Read more...] about Mental Health and the Safety Habitus

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Mental health, Robert Long Tagged With: mental health

Mental Health, Risk and Safety

December 6, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Mental Health, Risk and Safety - Part 1 (see part 2 here) One of our most popular articles ever! Republished by Request Understanding, awareness and response to mental health issues at work is … [Read more...] about Mental Health, Risk and Safety

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: mental health, risk and safety, stress, WHS

No Help for Mental Health in Zero

September 15, 2018 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

No Help for Mental Health in Zero I came into work in the safety industry after many years in various professions including Community Services, not-for-profit services, Social Work, Education, Youth … [Read more...] about No Help for Mental Health in Zero

Filed Under: Mental health, Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: mental health, RU OK, suicide prevention

Safety, mental health and the safety paradox

September 14, 2018 by Admin Leave a Comment

It's great to see such a focus on mental health at the moment and the activities being conducted for RU OK day etc. However, I do wonder if perhaps we are over doing it and if such an overt, … [Read more...] about Safety, mental health and the safety paradox

Filed Under: Mental health Tagged With: mental health, paradox, RU OK

Making the World fit the Safety Worldview

May 7, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Making the World fit the Safety Worldview One of the drivers of the work of Martin Heidegger  was his reaction to the determinist and reductionist view of Rene Descartes . The Cartesian worldview … [Read more...] about Making the World fit the Safety Worldview

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: injury data, matrix, mental health, STEM, world view

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