Health Anxiety at sea ‘going unchecked’ as experts urge shipping industry to act

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Experts are raising concerns about health anxiety among seafarers, asserting it is a significant yet often ignored issue affecting crew wellbeing. Maritime health specialists are calling for greater attention to be paid to this mental health component in the shipping industry.

Health anxiety among seafarers is emerging as a critical but under-recognised threat to crew wellbeing, with maritime health specialists warning the condition is being routinely overlooked across the industry. While awareness of mental health at sea has improved in recent years, experts say a key component, health anxiety, is still slipping under the radar, despite ...