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Handling a Mental Health Crisis or Emergency and Spotting Suicidal Behaviour in Seafarers
Shipping companies should take a mental health emergency as seriously as a physical one. A seafarer experiencing a mental health crisis might feel no longer able to cope. This is particularly true in the current pandemic. This document has tools to help shipping companies, Masters and seafarers handle such a situation and to spot suicidal behaviour.
If a mental health crisis occurs, the seafarer should seek immediate expert assessment and advice for the best course of action from a mental health professional. If under the care of a mental health provider, the seafarer should contact the specific advisor for advice.
The Seafarers' Health Information Programme
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination for Seafarers and Shipping Companies: A Practical Guide (March 2021)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Roadmap for Vaccination of International Seafarers (May 2021)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Legal, Liability and Insurance Issues arising from Vaccination of Seafarers
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Guidance for Ship Operators for the Protection of the Health of Seafarers
- Handling a Mental Health Crisis or Emergency and Spotting Suicidal Behaviour in Seafarers
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Protocols to Mitigate the Risks of Cases On Board Ships
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Seafarer Shore Leave Principles
- Manning Agency Guidelines
- Managing your mental health during the Covid 19 pandemic
- Poster - Psychological First Aid
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Recommended Framework of Protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (5 October 2020)
- COVID-19 - 12-Step Guide to the IMO’s Recommended Framework of Protocols for Ensuring Safe Ship Crew Changes and Travel
- IMHA - Getting healthy seafarers to a ship (August 2020)
- Poster - Coping with stress during COVID-19
- Poster - How seafarers can help their children handle stress during COVID-19
- Best Management Practices: ICMA Guidance for Maritime Ministry During COVID-19
- ILO - Information note on maritime labour issues and coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Seafarers' Coronavirus FAQs
- Operational considerations for managing COVID-19 cases outbreak on board ships
