Male miners mental health is fine: study

MEN working in the mining industry are at no more risk of mental illness or suicide than in other sectors of the workforce, a new study has shown.

Researchers at Griffith University's Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) studied the suggestion men working in the resources sector suffer higher rates of mental illness than other workers.

The study, which is set to be released at a mental health conference on the Gold Coast on Tuesday, found that premise was based on largely anecdotal evidence and that in fact, miners were not at a higher risk of mental illness.

"Our study in fact, found very little evidence of poor mental health or emotional wellbeing among miners," AISRAP senior research fellow Samara McPhedran said in a statement.

"This doesn't mean miners don't face work-related stresses and difficulties; it just means that those experiences don't necessarily lead to mental illness or elevated suicide risk."

Dr McPhedran said the findings suggest targeting issues such as work-family balance within the resources sector would be more effective than tackling assumptions of widespread, clinically significant mental health problems.

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