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2-Hour Mental Health Awareness
(SST-308)
After taking this course, participants will be prepared to recognize signs of substance use disorder and mental health distress in the workplace, understand the harmful effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco/nicotine, and implement recognition, avoidance, and response strategies, including suicide prevention conversations and opioid overdose response with naloxone, to protect themselves and their crew on the job.
What is Mental Health Awareness Training?
This course is designed to raise awareness among employees regarding the risks associated with substance use, mental health struggles, and suicide, both on a personal level and within the workplace environment. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of substance use disorders, mental health, and the factors that contribute to suicide risk in the construction industry. The training will delve into the general impact and impairment caused by alcohol, cannabis, stimulants, benzodiazepines, and opioid use in the workplace, as well as the added health and safety risks of tobacco and nicotine, particularly with regard to their combined effects in the construction environment.
Through this training, you will develop the skills to refrain from working while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and to Recognize, Avoid, and Prevent (RAP) the negative consequences associated with substance use and misuse. You'll also build the confidence to recognize the warning signs of mental health distress and suicide risk in yourself and your coworkers, and to have a safe, direct conversation and connect someone to help before a crisis becomes a tragedy.
The curriculum will encompass a detailed examination of various substances and their physiological and psychological effects, the added risks of concurrent use, including over-the-counter medications, and strategies for controlling and preventing substance misuse in the workplace. It will also cover suicide risk factors and protective factors, how the built environment plays a role in prevention, and how to respond to a suspected opioid overdose using naloxone — along with where to turn for confidential help, including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, NYC Quits, and OASAS and SAMHSA treatment resources.
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Michael Philips has been in the Construction field for 30 years. He has a Bachelors and Masters Degree and has been teaching for over 20 years in San Francisco.
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