Mental Health Awareness

Importance of Mental Health Awareness Everyone deserves to be able to live their lives with the right mental health. Mental health is important to overall wellness and well-being, but it is often misunderstood and poorly researched. Here are some reasons why mental health awareness is important: Mental health awareness is important because it helps eliminate the stigma around mental health issues. Mental health awareness is important because it helps eliminate the stigma around mental health issues. Stigma can prevent people from seeking treatment and help, which results in them suffering in silence, or, even worse: not seeking it at all. To combat this issue, we must educate ourselves and others on what mental health is, how to talk about it without being offensive or stigmatizing and how to treat those who are suffering from a mental illness. The most important part of this process is having open discussions about these topics so that everyone understands what it means when someone s

  IT’S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY In a world where everyone tries their best to present their best selves all the time, it can be easy to forget that it is okay to not be okay. The pressure to always be okay can be extremely taxing and can put a real strain on your mental health. Remembering that it is okay to not be okay is important and is a crucial step in advancing your  mental health  journey.         Let yourself feel your feelings. We all have bad mental health days and times when we struggle to see the good. Let yourself have these days every now and then. It’s important to not try to run from difficult or uncomfortable emotions but instead to sit with them and give yourself the space to feel and experience them. If we try to instead suppress, ignore, or deny these emotions, we often end up doing more harm than good, as these feelings will just continue to manifest in our lives in different ways. Allow yourself the space to wres

 World Mental Health Day  World Mental Health Day was established in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health.   The World Health Organization (WHO) now promotes World Mental Health Day. Every year on October 10, World Mental Health Day is observed. The day's purpose is to increase public awareness of mental health concerns, lessen stigma associated with mental illness, and inspire organizations, groups, and people to prioritize mental health. In recent years, there has been increasing acknowledgment of the important role mental health plays in achieving global development goals, as illustrated by the inclusion of mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals. Depression is one of the leading causes of disability. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds. People with severe mental health conditions die prematurely – as much as two decades early – due to preventable physical conditions. Despite progress in some countries, people with mental healt

Mental Health Awareness by WHO Despite progress in some countries, people with mental health conditions often experience severe human rights violations, discrimination, and stigma. Many mental health conditions can be effectively treated at relatively low cost, yet the gap between people needing care and those with access to care remains substantial. Effective treatment coverage remains extremely low. Increased investment is required on all fronts: for mental health awareness to increase understanding and reduce stigma; for efforts to increase access to quality mental health care and effective treatments; and for research to identify new treatments and improve existing treatments for all mental disorders. In 2019, WHO launched the  WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health (2019-2023): Universal Health Coverage for Mental Health  to ensure access to quality and affordable care for mental health conditions in 12 priority countries to 100 million more people. In 2022, WHO launched the  Wo