Mental Health Drives Operations Gains (Production Pulse)

May 29, 2025
Understanding mental health first aid offers safety and operational benefits.

In recognition of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, IndustryWeek is featuring a training program launched by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing: Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) at Work for Manufacturing. The program is a series of four courses designed to improve mental health literacy among employees and leaders in the manufacturing industry.

MHFA National Trainers Lynn Hennighausen and Rob Vallentine join IndustryWeek’s News and Supply Chain Editor Anna Smith to discuss the stigma surrounding mental health, what the MHFA training program offers manufacturing workers and the business case for mental health literacy in the workplace.

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Anna Smith | News Editor

News Editor

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-m-smith/ 

Bio: Anna Smith joined IndustryWeek in 2021. She handles IW’s daily newsletters and breaking news of interest to the manufacturing industry. Anna was previously an editorial assistant at New Equipment DigestMaterial Handling & Logistics and other publications.

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