FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin During the 5th SAFETY4SEA Manila Forum, Marville Cullen P. Espago, Country Manager at ISWAN – Philippines, presented insights from helpline data, highlighting increasing mental health cases and explaining the culturally rooted concept of “ginhawa” as a relational form of wellbeing based on connection and shared identity. Mental health in the maritime industry is often framed as a universal issue, addressed through standardized policies, global frameworks, and broad awareness campaigns. Yet, the lived experience of mental health is far from universal. It is shaped by culture, language, and deeply embedded social values. If the industry continues to approach mental health through a one-size-fits-all lens, it risks overlooking the very signals it seeks to address. RelatedNews Over 9,000 Filipino seafarers repatriated amid Strait of Hormuz crisis DNV: How to document PFOS-free fire-extinguishing foam on board var jnews_module_21371236_0_6a01e16e6e282 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21371236","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1269,458,2468,220,262","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format