Mental Health in Construction
Understanding Mental Health in the Built Environment
Our report on Understanding Mental Health in the Built Environment, which surveyed 2000 people across the globe, presented harrowing statistics of high numbers of workers experiencing extreme levels of stress over a prolonged period, with a large number of people reporting that they had considered taking their own life.
The report calls on professional bodies to do more to encourage mental health and wellbeing awareness among members, to develop globally-applicable mental health resources that will increase understanding and reduce stigma within the construction industry.
The Anxiety UK Partnership
CIOB Assist partners with Anxiety UK, a charity dedicated to helping those affected by anxiety disorders, stress and anxiety-based depression.
This partnership means that all CIOB members, past and present, and their dependent family members can receive free support from Anxiety UK.
Working with Alzheimer's Society
The CIOB is working with Alzheimer’s Society to support the construction sector in becoming more dementia-friendly. All CIOB members can gain access to the Dementia Friends programme resources to help them understand how dementia affects people’s lives, and as a result what considerations can be put in place within the built environment to have a positive impact on those with such conditions.
Members can become Dementia Friends in two ways:
- Complete the short CIOB Academy e-learning module on Dementia Awareness
- Go to www.dementiafriends.org.uk/dforganisations and watch the videos using the code CIOB123
Find out more
Read more about the partnership with Alzheimer's Society and they work they do.
Mental Health MOOC
The CIOB has created a massive open online course (MOOC), entitled ‘Mental Health in Construction’.
On the course, participants will learn to understand signs and symptoms of poor mental health and understand how to manage their own mental wellbeing as well as that of their colleagues. They’ll hear from people in the industry about how to change construction’s culture to end the stigma around mental health.
To find out more, or to register for this course, visit the Academy website.