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
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The Sickness of Safetyism
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
Unanswered Questions and Mental Health
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
The Social Construction of Mental Health
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
Mental Health and Zero Harm
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
Mental Health and the Safety Habitus
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
Mental Health, Risk and Safety
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
No Help for Mental Health in Zero
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
Safety, mental health and the safety paradox
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
Making the World fit the Safety Worldview
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
