PURPOSE: The overall objective of World Mental Health Day observed on 10 october, is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. 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. This year, we will showcase the efforts made in some of these countries and encourage people to highlight positive stories as part of their own activities, as an inspiration to others.
FORUM: “Mental health is a universal human right.“ World Mental Health Day 2023. It represent an opportunity for people and communities to unite behind the theme to improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect everyone’s mental health as a universal human right. Mental health is a basic human right for all people. Everyone, whoever and wherever they are, has a right to the highest attainable standard of mental health. This includes the right to be protected from mental health risks, the right to available, accessible, acceptable, and good quality care, and the right to liberty, independence and inclusion in the community. Good mental health is vital to our overall health and well-being. Yet one in eight people globally are living with mental health conditions, which can impact their physical health, their well-being, how they connect with others, and their livelihoods. Mental health conditions are also affecting an increasing number of adolescents and young people. Having a mental health condition should never be a reason to deprive a person of their human rights or to exclude them from decisions about their own health. Yet all over the world, people with mental health conditions continue to experience a wide range of human rights violations. Many are excluded from community life and discriminated against, while many more cannot access the mental health care they need or can only access care that violates their human rights. The WHO continues to work with its partners to ensure mental health is valued, promoted, and protected, and that urgent action is taken so that everyone can exercise their human rights and access the quality mental health care they need. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #WMHD, #MakeMentalhealth4allAGlobalPriority, #10October, #MentalHealth, #Makewellbeing4allAGlobalPriority, #WorldMentalHealthDay; #MHUHR, #MHUniversalHR, #UHR4MH.
EVENTS: on October 10th, a webinar entitled “Mental health is a universal human right.“ will be organized to mark the World Mental Health Day 2023 and to promote awareness of Mental Health in people all over the world. Have a glance at the different events and initiatives being conducted by stakeholders across the world that are featured under the ambit of the Global WMHD Campaign 2023. Explore the Worldwide events!
STATEMENTS: Read the statement of the WHO Director General on World Mental Health Day 2023; October 10th and the message from the Honourable President Elect of World Federation for Mental Health on the 75th Anniversary of WFMH and World Mental Health Day 2023.
PODCASTS: Stigma and discrimination continue to be a barrier to social inclusion and access to the right care; importantly, we can all play our part in increasing awareness about which preventive mental health interventions work and World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to do that collectively. We envision a world in which mental health is valued, promoted and protected; where everyone has an equal opportunity to enjoy mental health and to exercise their human rights; and where everyone can access the mental health care they need. Listen to the Podcasts!
CAMPAIGN MATERIALS: Join the campaign “OUR MINDS, OUR RIGHTS” to learn more about your basic right to mental health as well as how to protect the rights of others. Get the WMHD2023 communication materials!
WHY WE CELEBRATE DE DAY?
HOW TO GET INVOLVED!
PARTNERSHIPS
We celebrate the World Mental health Day on October 10th every year to focus on:
01 - Limited value and attention to mental health; 02 - Widespread stigma and discrimination; 03 - Services are underfunded and underesourced; 04 - Little acknowledgement of the determinants of mental health; 05 - Few and fragmented promotion and prevention programmes; 06-Predominantly biomedical approach to care; 07 - Care that ignores people’s own perspectives, priorities and human rights; 08 - Mental health care only provided by the health sector; 09 - Fragmented services with uneven access and coverage; 10 - Care centred on psychiatric hospitals; 11 - Mental health care not available in primary health care; 12 - Community providers and informal support for mental health are ignored.
Deepen the value and commitment we give to mental health as individuals, communities and governments.
Match that value with more commitment, engagement and investment by all stakeholders, across all sectors.
Strengthen mental health care so that the full spectrum of mental health needs is met through a community-based network of accessible, affordable and quality services and supports.
Share the Action Plan flyers: What Member States can do and What partners can do.
Key shifts to transform mental health for all.
01- Mental health must be valued by all; 02 - Equal participation in society free from discrimination; 03- Services are appropriately budgeted and resourced across sectors; 04 - Real and active multisectoral collaboration on the determinants of mental health; 05 - Strategic and well-functioning promotion and prevention programmes; 06 - A balanced, evidence-based biopsychosocial approach to care; 07 - Person-centred, human rights-based, recovery-oriented care; 08 - Mental health care is embedded in services across sectors; 09 - Coordinated services with universal health coverage; 10 - Network of community-based mental health services Mental health care integrated in primary health care; 11 - Mental health care integrated in primary health care; 12 - Community providers and informal support are be activated and strengthened to support people.
The World Mental health Day is hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH); The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region; The WHO European Region; The WHO Headquarters; The WHO Region of the Americas; The WHO South-East Asia Region; The WHO Western Pacific Region.
With the participation of the multistakeholders, Civil Society Organizations; Non-Governmental Organization, Mental Health hospitals, Neurologists, Specialists, Psychologists, Psychiatres, Researchers and academics.