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October 10: World Mental Health Day
Every year, the World Mental Health Day is celebrated on October 10. The day was first initiated by World Federation for Mental Health. The day is marked by several International organisations spread all over the world. In some countries like Australia, the day is a part of Mental Health Week. Highlights According to WHO, mental ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Global mental health • Mental health • Mental Health Awareness • mental health care • World Health Assembly • World Health Orgabnization • World Mental Health Day
Vikram Patel won John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award
Professor Vikram Patel has been awarded with 2019 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for his world-leading research in global mental health, generating knowledge on the burden and determinants of mental health problems in low-and-middle-income countries. The Gairdner Foundation has awarded this to Boston-based Vikram Patel for his research career raising the global profile ..
Topics: Gairdner Foundation • Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award • Global health • Global mental health • Health • Mental disorder • Mental health • Psychiatry • Vikram • Vikram Patel
2018 World Mental Health Day (WMHD)
The World Mental Health Day (WMHD) is observed every year on 10 October to raise the awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilize efforts in support of mental health. It is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. The 2018 theme is “Young people and mental ..
Topics: Bell Let's Talk • Global mental health • Health • Health observances • Mental health • Mental Health Awareness Month • Social stigma • World Mental Health Day
2017 World Mental Health Day (WMHD)
The World Mental Health Day (WMHD) is observed every year on 10 October, to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. The 2017 theme is “Mental health in the workplace’. The day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to ..
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