WorkplaceViolenceAwarenessMonth
Sadly, 397 people died from homicide in the workplace in 2013, the most recent year available. Homicide is still the #4 cause of death in workplaces across America. It is our strong belief that the best way to prevent violence in the workplace is to increase awareness of the problem as well as the ways to reduce or prevent it. With this focus in mind, we instituted Workplace Violence Awareness Month to be held in April of each year.
Worker Memorial Day is also held on April 28 and we thought it would very appropriate to have Workplace Violence Awareness Month fall during the same month. During April we disseminate information to the public and encourage other violence prevention advocates and professionals to do so as well.
Local government has issued a proclamation each year in observance of the month, and we are continuing to request a national proclamation from the White House.
We invite the public to send us posts about their experiences with workplace violence and the names of persons who they wish to honor who have died from workplace violence.
Join us in the fight to stop workplace violence. Sign-up today at:
www.workplaceviolenceawareness.org.
For more information, email me, Patricia Biles, Executive Director, AAWPV at
patriciabiles@icloud.com or call me at: 954-486-4574
AAWPV is a certified 501 (c) (3) ID# 31954
Violence and Mental Illness
Last month‘smurder of two NYPD police officers has been widely discussed as an outcome of anti-police sentiment or inadequate gun control. But there‘s a deeper and more complex story here: that of rampant untreatedmental illness in America. This incident was just one of many recent atrocities—including Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Aurora, Tucson, Fort Hood, and the Navy Yard—in which the perpetrator was mentally troubled.
As the public calls for action in an effort to prevent future tragedies, states are implementing various policies aimed at keeping mental health crises from turning destructive. A new generation of leaders is poised to take a more active role in both protecting the public and caring for the mentally ill—and thus move beyond the deinstitutionalizing wave that began sweeping across America a half-century ago.
Some are advocating formore spending across the board. In 2014, 27 states increased mental health funding. Virginia led the charge, allocating an additional $54.9million to crisis services, community-based therapies, and hospitals. This money will undoubtedly assist the one in four adults—approximately 61.5million Americans—whoexperience mental illness in a given year. However, given the sheer number of those who need treatment, it‘s unlikely that spending more publicmoney on mental illness in general will do much to prevent violence—since the vast majority of mentally ill people show no propensity for it. A more effective approach might focus on those suffering from seriousmental illnesses.
Source:
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