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WHY MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS TO BRIGGSAMASCO

Figures show one-in-six construction-based workers suffers from a form of mental illness. Even more alarming is the statistic that reveals suicide kills more people in the building sector than falls from height writes Steph Palmer, BriggsAmasco Training Officer. It’s also reported that ... http://talk.build/blogs/15/353/why-mental-health-matters-to-briggsamasco

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