MM&P Mental Health Committee

The MM&P Mariner Mental Health Committee is open to volunteers from the membership, representatives, officials and staff from all divisions of MM&P.  After the tragic suicide of a member aboard an MSC vessel and hearing a compelling story of the importance of psychological first aid after trauma aboard a ship, the committee was formed to examine ways to help members of the MM&P family access benefits at sea and at home, examine EAP and its current usage, look into viability of Psychological First Aid training or similar to create peer counselors out at sea on a voluntary basis, de-stigmatizing mental health treatment, back up companies to support our Members in case of trauma, etc.  Recommendations are reported to the GEB and the Convention.