World Mental Health Day To Be Mark On Tuesday

World Mental Health Day, will be marked on Tuesday (Oct 10) to raise public awareness about mental health issues worldwide

ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 09th Oct, 2017 ) :ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (Pakistan Point news - 09th Oct, 2017 ):World Mental Health Day, will be marked on Tuesday (Oct 10) to raise public awareness about mental health issues worldwide.

This event would promote open discussions on illnesses, as well as investments in prevention and treatment services. Depression, including among young people, is a major mental health problem.

World Mental Health Day promotes the awareness of such issues. World Mental Health Day observed in more than 100 countries on October 10 through local, regional and national World Mental Health Day commemorative events and programmes.

Activities included 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.

World Mental Health Day is an initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). The World Health Organization (WHO), which is the UN�s directing and coordinating authority for health, supports this event.

The Mental Health Foundation is another organization that is proactive in promoting World Mental Health Day. Mental disorders affect nearly 12 percent of the world�s population � about 450 million or one out of every four people around the world � will experience a mental illness that would benefit from diagnosis and treatment.

WHO statistics for 2002 showed that 154 million people globally suffered from depression, which is a form of mental illness. According to WHO, mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which people realize their own potential, can cope with normal life stresses, can work productively, and can contribute to their community.

Mental health services lack human and financial resources in many countries, particularly low and middle income countries. More funding is needed to promote mental health to increase people�s awareness of the issue.

In response to making mental health a global priority, World Health Day was first celebrated in 1992 as an initiative of the WFMH, which has members and contacts in more than 150 countries. Each year the UN, through WHO, actively participates in promoting this event. C:zkz