After the Release: The Long-Term Behavioral Impact of Piracy on Seafarers and Families

Mental health of Filipino seafarers and its implications for seafarers’ education

“…Secondly, research tend to examine risk factors (or occupational stressors) related to the working and living environment aboard vessels which contribute to poor MH [9]. These include long-term separation from home, fatigue and work intensification [10,11], multinational crewing, social isolation [12], ill-treatment, poor life-work balance, job insecurity, criminalization of seafaring activities, working in constrained space, bullying, piracy [13][14][15], lack of shore leave, short port stay, HIV/AIDS [16] or in general terms psychosocial and psychophysical stress [17][18][19][20].…”

“…multi-national crew including Filipinos Seafarers were either attacked or taken as hostages by pirates from Africa and AsiaSeyle, 2016 Mixed methods 465 seafarers from India, Philippines and Ukraine Seafarers are resilient; being held hostage leads to lasting effects; non-piracy traumatic experiences are fairly high in number and degree for seafarers in the course of their regular job; traumatic experiences can make seafarers stop sailing; family members of seafarers held as hostages may suffer lasting distress AE www.intmarhealth.pl 3 Filipino seafarers who experienced piracy Two broad themes based on narratives came out: themes related to piracy experience (e.g. fear and hopelessness, prayer as coping mechanism, importance of family, etc.…”