World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day (10 October) is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. This day, each October, thousands of supporters come to celebrate this annual awareness program to bring attention to mental illness and its major effects on peoples' life worldwide. In some countries this day is part of an awareness week, such as Mental Health Week in Australia. ^W

When

Oct 10, annually

How to get involved

• Become a member, World Federation for Mental Health

Annual themes

• 2023: Mental Health is a universal human right
• 2019: Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention ^W

Social media

##WorldMentalHealthDay

Video

World Mental Health Day

Authors: WFMH Secretariat, Jun 24, 2019

See also

• Health and wellbeing

External links

• World Mental Health Day ^W
• World Federation for Mental Health
• World Mental Health Day 2015, World Health Organization

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