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The Goal of This Year’s World Mental Health Day Campaign is Increased Investment in Mental Health 

This year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past months have brought many challenges: for health-care workers, providing care in difficult circumstances, going to work fearful of bringing COVID-19 home with them; for students, adapting to taking classes from home, with little contact with teachers and friends, and anxious about their futures; for workers whose livelihoods are threatened; for the vast number of people caught in poverty or in fragile humanitarian settings with extremely limited protection from COVID-19; and for people with mental health conditions, many experiencing even greater social isolation than before. And this is to say nothing of managing the grief of losing a loved one, sometimes without being able to say goodbye.

The economic consequences of the pandemic are already being felt, as companies let staff go in an effort to save their businesses, or indeed shut down completely.

Given past experience of emergencies, it is expected that the need for mental health and psychosocial support will substantially increase in the coming months and years. Investment in mental health programmes at the national and international levels, which have already suffered from years of chronic underfunding, is now more important than it has ever been.

This is why the goal of this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign is increased investment in mental health. 

World Health Organization


World Mental Health Day 2020:

List of free online resources, seminars, talks, or programs to attend on 10 Oct for awareness on mental health issues

Among other things, WHO is launching a digital stress management guide on the Whatsapp chat platform. It includes short, easy-to-follow guided exercises to help reduce stress

FP Trending October 10, 2020 | 07:23:35 IST


World Mental Health Day is observed annually on 10 October. It aims to raise awareness about mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health.

Here's what's happening on World Mental Health Day 2020:

The World Health Organization, in collaboration with United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health are encouraging people worldwide to support a global movement that calls for greater investment in mental health.

  • The #MoveforMentalHealth challenge is asking people around the world to post videos showing what they do in support of their mental well-being. This could be anything from dancing, cooking, painting or something else on social media along with the hashtag #MoveForMentalHealth.
  • Apart from this, WHO is also launching a digital stress management guide on the Whatsapp chat platform. It includes short, easy-to-follow guided exercises to help reduce stress.
  • In addition to these, Facebook Messenger is launching a new sticker pack designed with the support of WHO, to facilitate conversations around mental health.
  • On 9 October, a 24-hour live-stream was organised, featuring people with experience in the field of mental wellness and influencers from the civil society groups already active in 19 countries through the Speak Your Mind campaign. Global partner organizations are also conducting hour-long sessions on specific themes, including mental health and young people, mental health and older people, and mental health and the LGBTQ+ community.

  • On 10 October, the World Health Organization will, for the first time ever, host a global online advocacy Event on mental health. The event will see WHO showcasing the work its staff is doing around the world to reduce mental illness and the harmful use of alcohol and drugs. The WHO Director-General will be joined by world leaders and mental health experts and they will discuss their commitment to mental health and what more needs to be done.

According to a report by National Health Portal, India, half of all mental illnesses begin by the age of 14, but most go undetected and untreated. Depression, drug abuse, alcohol consumption.

Updated Date: October 10, 2020 07:23:35 IST








 

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