World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2023
” Our minds, our rights”
World Mental Health Day 2023 is a chance for individuals and neighborhoods to unify behind the theme ‘Mental health is a universal human right” to improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect everybody’s mental health as a universal human right.Mental health
is a fundamental human right for all people. Everybody, whoever and any place they are, has a right to the greatest obtainable standard of mental health. This consists of the right to be protected from psychological health threats, the right to available, available, appropriate, and great quality care, and the right to liberty, independence and inclusion in the community.Good mental health is
important to our general health and well-being. Yet one in 8 individuals internationally are living with psychological health conditions, which can impact their physical health, their well-being, how they get in touch with others, and their livelihoods. Mental health conditions are also impacting an increasing number of teenagers and youths. Having a mental health condition should never ever
be a reason to deprive an individual of their human rights or to omit them from decisions about their own health. Yet all over the world, individuals with psychological health conditions continue to experience a wide range of human rights violations. Many are omitted from community life and victimized, while much more can not access the mental healthcare they require or can just access care that breaches their human rights.WHO continues to deal with its partners to guarantee psychological health is valued, promoted, and safeguarded
, which immediate action is taken so that everyone can exercise their human rights and gain access to the quality psychological healthcare they need. Join the World Mental Health Day 2023 campaign to learn more about your standard right to mental health in addition to how to safeguard the rights of others. Discover this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign( 10 October) and how you can get involved.
