World Mental Health Day
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World Mental Health Day (10 October) is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy.[1] It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries.[2]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.[3]In some countries this day is part of the larger Mental Illness Awareness Week.[4]
See also [edit]
- Global Mental Health
- Mental Illness Awareness Week
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- World Health Day
References [edit]
- ^ Jenkins, Rachel; Lynne Friedli, Andrew McCulloch, Camilla Parker (2002). Developing a National Mental Health Policy. Psychology Press. p. 65. ISBN 1-84169-295-6.
- ^ Watson, Robert W. (2006). White House Studies Compendium, Volume 5. Nova Science Publishers. p. 69. ISBN 1-60021-542-4.
- ^ "World Mental Health Day". Mental Health in Family Medicine 7 (1): 59–60. 2010.
- ^ "Let compassion substitute stigmatisation". Times of Malta. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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