World Mental Health Day is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries . It helds on 10 october .
If you’ve ever heard the term ‘mental health’ and thought this isn’t for me, you may just want to keep reading.
While the language around mental health and mental illness has existed for decades, the conversation itself has become far more open and relevant to all (and rightly so). Mind, the UK’s leading mental health charity summarises it concisely by saying “mental health can affect anyone any day of the year”.
While there is a World ‘Day’ for almost everything, today – World Mental Health Day – feels particularly significant and worthy of attention.
Mental health problems are one of the main causes of disease burden worldwide.
In the UK approximately one in four people will experience a mental health problem each year.
And one in six report experiencing one of the most common problems, such as anxiety and depression, in any given week.
