FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The ability to identify stress, manage stress and balance your life is very important to anyone’s mental health, but crucial for the survival of the seafarer, stresses Jamie McNamara, Claims Executive, The American P&I Club. People talk about attempting to live a balanced life. This is particularly challenging for the seafarer who already leads two separate lifestyles, one at home and the other on the vessel. Having sailed for many years, my experience confirms that there are more mental health challenges from crew aboard ships than from other shoreside workers. RelatedNews DNV: How to document PFOS-free fire-extinguishing foam on board Britannia: Key safety tips for overside work var jnews_module_21343535_0_6a01fa8b2c560 = {"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":"21343535","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"689,4197,4080,458,2468,2175,3314,2341","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_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_i