Overview
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year. The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health.
World Mental Health Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide.
World Mental Health Day 2022: Make mental health & well-being for all a global priority
The 2022 World Mental Health Day theme ‘Make Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority’ provides us with an opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to make the world a better place. This will be an opportunity for people with mental health conditions, advocates, governments, employers, employees and other stakeholders to come together to recognize progress in this field and to be vocal about what we need to do to ensure Mental Health & Well-Being becomes a Global Priority for all.
WHO Key facts
- Affordable, effective and feasible strategies exist to promote, protect and restore mental health.
- The need for action on mental health is indisputable and urgent.
- Mental health has intrinsic and instrumental value and is integral to our well-being.
- Mental health is determined by a complex interplay of individual, social and structural stresses and vulnerabilities.
Read More: WHO & WMHD 2022
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