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VitalCog: Construction Suicide Prevention

Just as organizations have realized they can help reduce heart disease by encouraging exercise, they can also reduce suicide by promoting mental health and encouraging early identification and intervention.

VitalCog registration is currently closed.

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Two teammates grasp hands - supporting each other emotionally and psychologically on the jobsite.

Course Description

VitalCog Construction Suicide Training equips businesses with tools to address mental health and suicide concerns within the workplace. Students will learn the skills and tools to appreciate the critical need for suicide prevention while creating a forum for dialogue and critical thinking about workplace mental health challenges, and by promoting help-seeking and help-giving.

course details

Instructor: Mark Dyke

Owner, Collaborative Counseling Group

As a licensed therapist, Mark specializes in helping companies maintain, communicate, and improve their mental health safety standards in the construction industry. 

The Real Impact of Mental Health in Construction

Protecting employees’ mental health is just as important a safety concern as protecting their physical side. In addition to directly helping the person involved, suicide prevention training has an outsized positive impact for your organization, team members, and their families. 

Deaths by suicide cost the United States $44 billion annually

More days of work loss and work impairment are caused by mental illness than many other chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma and arthritis

In a three-month period, patients with depression miss an average of 4.8 workdays and suffer 11.5 days of reduced productivity

Depression is estimated to cause 200 million lost workdays each year at a cost to employers of $17 to $44 billion

VitalCog: Construction Suicide Prevention Registration

Registration for VitalCog: Construction Suicide Prevention is now full for the Fall '24 semester. 

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End Date
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Who should attend?

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