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WATCH: How mental health checks may help restaurant workers temper destructive stress

By John Yang and Kira Wakeam

May 22, 2019

By John Yang and Kira Wakeam
PBS Newshour
May 22, 2019

After a series of high-profile suicides last year, one restaurant owner in Sacramento, California, decided to confront a problem plaguing kitchens around the country. The fast-paced, high-pressure environment and often low wages can take its toll on workers’ mental health. His peer-to-peer counseling and support program, “I Got Your Back,” is now starting to spread. John Yang reports.