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October 10 is World Mental Health Day.

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Lucknow, Patna, In the 26 years since the first World Mental Health Day, how we talk about and treat mental illness has changed considerably.

The world mental health week 2020 will start on the 18 th of May 2020 and will end on the 24 th of May in the United Kingdom.

World Mental Health Day Facts & Quotes. Here’s a look at some key moments of legal and cultural change since World Federation for Mental Health launched the international day of awareness, and how we’ve come to better understand and treat mental illnesses. Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Bhopal
7. There’s no such thing as depression’ ‘Look at everybody else, they all do what you are doing but you are the only one who keeps cribbing.’. The initiative to celebrate October 10 as the World Mental Health day was taken by the Deputy Secretary-General Richard. Suicide rates have increased by 60% over the past 45 years.

Attention on social media can lead to more awareness and give #mentalhealth a higher priority worldwide. India has the third-highest female suicide rate (14.7%) in the world.