New CPWR Data Bulletin Examines Mental Health Trends Among Construction Workers

"Construction workers have the highest overdose death rate and the second highest suicide death rate of any U.S. industry. Those two issues are key elements of the September 2024 edition of

CPWR’s Data Bulletin, “Mental Health Trends in the Construction Industry,” which also examines topics such as anxiety, depression, serious psychological distress, seeing a mental health professional, and medication use. In 2021, 15.4% of construction workers reported, based on symptoms or medication, having anxiety or depression, and in 2022, there were 17,100 overdose and 5,200 suicide deaths among those usually employed in the construction industry."

https://www.cpwr.com/wp-content/uploads/DataBulletin-September2024.pdf

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(Pictured is page 1 of the data bulletin)