Suicide

Fahad S. Shaikh
Hampton, NH

Why do we react differently to someone who has a physical illness versus a mental illness?

Depression:

•Affects how people feel about themselves •Loss of energy •Changes in sleep •Irritability •Hard to concentrate •Lack of interest in activities •Hopelessness

Fahad S. Shaikh
Hampton, NH

•Over 47,000 suicide deaths in 2017 •Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death •Among males ages 25-54 it is the second leading cause of death •78% of all suicide deaths are males •Suicide deaths have increased over 33% since 1999 •In 2017 there were over 1 million attempted suicides arrest, police

•The construction industry has more suicides than any other industry •Construction industry has a suicide rate of 53.3 per 100,000 •The rate of suicide in the construction industry is four times that of the general population •“Old school, “tough guy” culture •Family separation and isolation with travel •Sleep disruption/deprivation due to shiftwork 

Arrest, police

•Chronic pain from years of hard physical labor •Seasonal layoffs and end of project layoffs •Access to lethal means

Fahad S. Shaikh

Hampton, NH

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