Mental health

How many times have you said, ‘I’m stressed out,’ but then dismissed the way you were feeling, thinking it would pass with time?

Someone who is battling with mental health issues as well as the burden of covering them up cannot give their full attention to anything else.

There were more suicides in construction than in any other profession in the five years to the end of 2015, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics.

Right now, one in six workers in the UK are dealing with a mental health problem such as anxiety, depression or stress.

The launch of CN’s Mind Matters campaign has prompted a huge response from across the industry. Here we take a look at what you’ve been sharing.

Industry leaders have demanded radical changes in how the sector approaches mental health and warned the industry was not doing enough to tackle the issue.

Imagine a physical injury that requires treatment, every day, for two months. We would think that was a significant injury.

Construction News today vows to make mental health awareness one of its core themes for 2017 with the launch of an editorial campaign, Mind Matters.

Construction News is calling on all construction professionals to support our mental health campaign and the work being done in the industry to improve mental health awareness.

Around 450 construction workers take their own lives every year, estimates suggest. Now industry figures are coming together to bring this critical issue out from the shadows.