World Mental Health Day 2022 

Make Mental Health And Well-Being For All A Global Priority.

Although the epidemic has had an impact on our mental health and still does, World Mental Health Day in 2022 will provide us a chance to rekindle our efforts to safeguard and advance mental health.

Numerous facets of mental health have been questioned; before to the pandemic in 2019, it was thought that one in eight individuals worldwide was afflicted by a mental condition. In addition, particularly in low- and middle-income nations, the services, expertise, and financing for mental health remain in limited supply and are well short of what is required.

The COVID-19 epidemic has sparked a global mental health catastrophe, causing millions of people to experience short- and long-term stress and jeopardizing their mental health. According to estimates, during the first year of the epidemic, both anxiety and depression disorders increased by more than 25%. The gap in treatment for mental health disorders has expanded at the same time that mental health services have been severely interrupted.

A whopping 84 million people were forcefully displaced globally in 2021, a result of growing social and economic inequality, persistent wars, violence, and public health catastrophes that affect whole communities and undermine progress toward increased well-being. As people, communities, and governments, we must increase the value and dedication we place on mental health, and we must match that value with more commitment, involvement, and investment from all stakeholders, across all industries. We must improve mental health services so that the complete range of mental health requirements is satisfied by a network of locally based, easily accessible, reasonably priced, and high-quality services and supports.

Correct care and social inclusion are still hampered by stigma and prejudice, but we can all do our part to raise awareness of the preventative mental health measures that are most effective, and World Mental Health Day is a chance for us to do so together. We see a society in which everyone has the same chance to enjoy mental health and exercise their human rights, that mental health is recognized, promoted, and protected, and that everyone has access to the mental health treatment they require.

Making Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority is the topic of a campaign that will be launched by WHO in collaboration with partners. This will be a chance for those who have mental health issues, advocates, governments, employers, employees, and other stakeholders to come together to acknowledge progress in this area and to be vocal about what needs to be done to ensure Mental Health & Well-Being becomes a Global Priority for all.