World Mental Health Day
World MentalHealth Day, which is supported by the United Nations (UN), is annually held on
October 10 to raise public awareness about mental health issues worldwide. This
event promotes open discussions on illnesses, as well as investments in
prevention and treatment services.
What do people do?
World Mental Health Day is observed in more than 100 countries on
October 10 through local, regional and national World Mental Health Day
commemorative events and programs. Activities include:
§ Officials signing the World Mental Health
Day proclamation.
§ Public
service announcements.
§ Educational lectures and the distribution
of research papers on mental health issues.
§ Awards to individuals or organizations who
made significant contributions in improving mental health issues.
Contributed by Darya Vorozheikina
As Darya said every year on 10th of October, The World Health Organization joins in celebrating the World Mental Health Day. I can add only that the day is celebrated at the initiative of the World Federation of Mental Health and WHO supports this initiative through raising awareness on mental health issues using its strong relationships with the Ministries of health and civil society organizations across the globe. WHO also develops technical and communication material and provides technical assistance to the countries for advocacy campaigns around the World Mental Health Day.
ReplyDeleteWell, this year the theme for the day is “Depression: A Global Crisis”.
In addition, I would like to say that mental and emotional health is a big component of our everyday life, yet it often is pushed down or minimized as something that doesn’t really matter. And the World Health Organization (WHO) designated October 10 as World Mental Health Day to help spotlight the lack of care mental disorders often receive around the world.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Russian Federation, BBC NEWS reports:
"Doctors in Russia are spearheading a revolution in the way patients with mental illnesses are treated. In the days of communism, people who were diagnosed as mentally ill were locked up in psychiatric hospitals and denied contact with the outside world.
Today, the situation is much different. A law passed in January 1993 protected the rights of mentally ill patients for the first time. A series of reforms have seen the focus of psychiatric care change. Sprawling, stark asylums are being replaced with modern hospitals, with patients allowed to live in the community as much as possible.
So, World Mental Health Day has already begun in some parts of the world. The main goal of the day is prevention of mental disorders, correction of present treatment and making it more efficient. The day is expected to carry a unifying function, to cause interest of publicity to the discussed problems.
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ReplyDeleteWorld Mental Health Day raises public awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and investments in prevention, promotion and treatment services. This year the theme for the day is “Depression: A Global Crisis”.
Depression affects more than 350 million people of all ages, in all communities, and is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease. Although there are known effective treatments for depression, access to treatment is a problem in most countries and in some countries fewer than 10% of those who need it receive such treatment.
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Yul Brynner(07/11/1920 – 10/10/1985) - Russian actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times onstage. He is also remembered as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille blockbuster The Ten Commandments, General Bounine in Anastasia and Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven. Brynner was noted for his distinctive voice and for his shaven head, which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it for his initial role in The King and I. He was also a photographer and the author of two books.
"People don't know my real self, and they're not about to find out."
Find more:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yul_Brynner
The day will be organised with the help of the World Federation for Mental Health which was founded in 1948 to prevent emotional and mental health disorders and help those who do suffer from them. Events include community workshops with talks from professionals to give you any advice you might need.
ReplyDeleteWhat do people do?
World Mental Health Day is observed in more than 100 countries on October 10 through local, regional and national World Mental Health Day commemorative events and programs. Activities include:
-Officials signing the World Mental Health Day proclamation.
-Public service announcements.
-Educational lectures and the distribution of research papers on mental health issues.
-Awards to individuals or organizations who made significant contributions in improving mental health issues.
Symbols
The WHO logo or emblem, which was chosen by the first World Health Assembly in 1948, is often associated with the UN’s promotional material for World Mental Health Day. The emblem consists of the UN symbol surmounted by a staff with a snake coiling round it. The staff with the snake has long been a symbol of medicine and the medical profession. It originates from the story of Aesculapius who was revered by the ancient Greeks as a god of healing and whose cult involved the use of snakes.
The UN logo is often associated with marketing and promotional material for this event. It features a projection of a world map (less Antarctica) centered on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalized branches of the olive tree. The olive branches symbolize peace and the world map depicts the area of concern to the UN in achieving its main purpose, peace and security. The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five concentric circles.