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CONSTRUCTING GOOD MENTAL HEALTH
By Nick Bell, Dr Colin Powell and Dr Peter Sykes
During my doctoral research I undertook surveys, focus groups and interviews with professionals, academics, workers, supervisors and managers and heard their accounts of work in construction. This article gives a flavour of the themes that arose and are split into practices that undermine or bolster mental health. There is some colourful language.
Treat workers like children
This quote, from a construction worker, appeared in my favourite article of the whole doctorate, written by Andersen and colleagues (2015: page 647):
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