World Mental Health Day 2016

World Mental Health Day 2016World Mental Health Day - 10 October

World Mental Health Day - 10 October

World Mental Health Day - 10 October

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health.

World Mental Health Day - 10 October

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing 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.

World Mental Health Day 2016Psychological First Aid

Psychological First Aid

Psychological First Aid

When terrible things happen in our communities, we can reach out a helping hand to those who are affected. Perhaps you find yourself at the scene of an accident where people are hurt. Perhaps you are a health-care worker or teacher talking with someone from your community who has just witnessed the violent death of a loved one. Perhaps you are called upon as a staff member in a disaster or volunteer to help asylum seekers who have recently arrived in your community. Learning the basic principles of psychological first aid will help you to provide support to people who are very distressed, and, importantly, to know what not to say.

Psychological First Aid

When terrible things happen in our communities, we can reach out a helping hand to those who are affected. Perhaps you find yourself at the scene of an accident where people are hurt. Perhaps you are a health-care worker or teacher talking with someone from your community who has just witnessed the violent death of a loved one. Perhaps you are called upon as a staff member in a disaster or volunteer to help asylum seekers who have recently arrived in your community. Learning the basic principles of psychological first aid will help you to provide support to people who are very distressed, and, importantly, to know what not to say.

Psychological First Aid

The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October, covers “psychological first aid”. Efforts in support of the day will focus on basic pragmatic psychological support by people who find themselves in a helping role whether they be health staff, teachers, firemen, community workers, or police officers.

Psychological First Aid

The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October, covers “psychological first aid”. Efforts in support of the day will focus on basic pragmatic psychological support by people who find themselves in a helping role whether they be health staff, teachers, firemen, community workers, or police officers.

Despite its name, psychological first aid covers both psychological and social

support. Just like general health care never consists of physical first aid alone, similarly no mental health care system should consist of psychological first aid alone. Indeed, the investment in psychological first aid is part of a longer-term effort to ensure that anyone in acute distress due to a crisis is able to receive basic support, and that those who need more than psychological first aid will receive additional advanced support from health, mental health and social service

World Mental Health Day 2016Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013–2020

Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020

Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020

Dr Margaret Chan, the WHO Director-General, described the new Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020 as a landmark achievement: it focuses international attention on a long-neglected problem and is firmly rooted in the principles of human rights. The action plan calls for changes. It calls for a change in the attitudes that perpetuate stigma and discrimination that have isolated people since ancient times, and it calls for an expansion of services in order to promote greater efficiency in the use of resources.

Comprehensive mental health action plan 2013–2020

The Four Major Objectives Of The Action Plan

The Four Major Objectives Of The Action Plan

The Four Major Objectives Of The Action Plan

1) Strengthen effective leadership and governance for mental health.

The Four Major Objectives Of The Action Plan

1) Strengthen effective leadership and governance for mental health.

2) Provide comprehensive, integrated and responsive mental health and social care services in community-based settings.

The Four Major Objectives Of The Action Plan

1) Strengthen effective leadership and governance for mental health.

2) Provide comprehensive, integrated and responsive mental health and social care services in community-based settings.

3) Implement strategies for promotion and prevention in mental health.

The Four Major Objectives Of The Action Plan

1) Strengthen effective leadership and governance for mental health.

2) Provide comprehensive, integrated and responsive mental health and social care services in community-based settings.

3) Implement strategies for promotion and prevention in mental health.

4) Strengthen information systems, evidence and research for mental health.

The Four Major Objectives Of The Action Plan

The Four Major Objectives Of The Action Plan

Each of the four objectives is accompanied by one or two specific targets, which provide the basis for measurable collective action and achievement by Member States towards global goals. A set of core indicators relating to these targets as well as other actions have been developed and are being collected via the Mental Health Atlas project on a periodic basis.