The Story behind the Book: Mental Health Mayday (Gregg Bagdade)


 

This week's book back story focuses on the award-winning Mental Health Mayday by Gregg Bagdade.

From the author:

As a firefighter and a paramedic for the Chicago Fire Department, I served 20 + years before I

realized that my department was behind the times regarding handling mental health within the

fire service. With the support of my wife and family, I went back to school, obtaining my

Bachelor’s Degree from Penn State and then my Master’s Degree from Concordia University. I

became licensed as a professional counselor and set out to change the stigma that was mental

health within the fire service. I began working in private practice with first responders

exclusively helping them with their mental health needs. Shortly thereafter, I realized that my

affinity for writing would pay off in dividends if I just wrote a book so my message could spread

far and wide. A year later, Mental Health Mayday was published. It is a portable, easily

digestible primer on how firefighters can handle their mental health issues from recruit through

retirement. The book takes the reader on a trip through my life, as a person, as a firefighter,

and as a counselor. It weaves in important information about mental health by using allegory,

stories of my own struggles, and provides content such as solutions to their own mental health

struggles. The goal is to empower firefighters with handling their mental health and how to

navigate this throughout their career. Little did I know that the fire service was thirsty for this

book. The Chicago Firefighter’s Union, Local 2 was excited about my publication and purchased

over 150 books, two for each firehouse in the city. Several suburban fire departments followed

suit as well. Not only does this book satisfy the need for something concrete for firefighters to

help understand their mental health needs, it also translates well for other first responders

(Police, EMS, Telecommunicators) it is a good stand alone mental health book for virtually

anyone else that might be interested. It was a pleasure to write, and I am eager to get it out to

the masses. I hope you find Mental Health Mayday as pleasurable to read as it was to write.


AWARD
Literary Titan gold award

Read more posts about the Gregg and his book, click HERE.


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