Although psychological problems are very common among seafarers, the mental health of seafarers has only comparatively recently started to receive the attention it deserves.
The demands of work, such as split shift patterns or the 'home-work interface', may play a role in initiating or sustaining mental problems and pose a challenge to management to examine operational practices and workload.
This guidance is offered to our Members as part of the Club’s partnership with ISWAN to support their Seafarers Health Information Project (SHIP), an initiative that promotes and distributes health information materials to shipping companies, seafarers’ centres, and direct to seafarers.
The project consists of 10 core topics: food safety, on-board fitness, safe travel, healthy food, malaria, weight control, STI – HIV & Aids, mental care, dental care and skin care. Explore the other topics.