Every year the World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is Mental Health for all.
So what is mental health?
Mental health is everyone’s business. We all have times when we feel down or stressed or frightened. Most of the time those feelings pass. But sometimes they develop into a more serious problem and that could happen to any one of us. In fact, as found by the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) (2014), 1 in 6 people in the past week would have experienced a common mental health problem.
If you’re in good mental health, you can:
- make the most of your potential
- cope with life
- play a full part in your family, workplace, community and among friends
Some people call mental health ‘emotional health’ or ‘wellbeing’ and it’s just as important as good physical health.
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Useful Resources:
- Sources of support including EAP, MIND and Samaritans
- Finding calm in a stressful world
- How to manage and reduce stress
- Mindfulness
- Coping with fear and anxiety
- MHF looking after your mental health guide
- Supporting your mental health at work
- Exercise for mental health
- A guide to meditation
- Maintaining a healthy mind in times of uncertainty
- Action for Happiness – 30 day challenge
- Meaningful calendar – 31 day challenge
- Podcasts (Resilience, Managing Anxiety, Positive Mindset and Uncertainty)
- Looking after your mental health
Today we’ll be joining millions of people around the world to recognise World Mental Health day, find out how you can get involved here.