The train driver asking men to open up about mental health
Heather Waugh has been committed to preventing suicides, since experiencing a traumatic event while driving a train
Heather Waugh is Scotland鈥檚 only female freight train driver, and she鈥檚 committed to improving the mental health of her male colleagues. Her work was inspired partly by a traumatic incident she witnessed while driving a train, when a young man took his life on the tracks. Now she鈥檚 been trained by a mental health charity to spot the early warning signs of mental health problems. She spoke to Outlook鈥檚 Andrea Kennedy.
If you are feeling emotionally distressed, support is available internationally at https://www.befrienders.org and in the UK at bbc.co.uk/actionline
Picture: Heather Waugh
Credit: 麻豆社
Presenter: Andrea Kennedy
Producer: Harry Graham
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com
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