10th October: World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day is being observed on 10th October. The main objective is to raise the awareness about the mental health issues among the people around the world. 

“The 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,” the World Health Organization (WHO) official website read.

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World Mental Health Day Theme:

The background of this day, 10th October, this year is–‘Make mental health & well-being for all a global priority’.

Before the pandemic, an estimated one in eight people globally were living with a mental disorder. The pandemic created a global crisis for mental health.

According to the WHO, “Estimates put the rise in both anxiety and depressive disorders at more than 25% during the first year of the pandemic. At the same time, mental health services have been severely disrupted and the treatment gap for mental health conditions has widened.”

The day aims at increasing awareness about the mental well- being, and is an opportunity for people with mental health conditions to collectively recognize progress in this field and to be vocal about what needs to be done to ensure mental health & well-being becoming a global priority for all, the WHO mentions.