World Mental Health Day 2022: Break Stigma and Must Be a Priority

Banaspati -- Mental health is an important thing to consider. This is because a healthy mentality will greatly affect a person's quality of life. In addition, if the mental is neglected and problematic, it will affect the activity and productivity of the person.

Especially in the current pandemic, it will greatly affect a person's mental state. Therefore, it is important to take good care of mental health. The importance of maintaining mental health is then made World Mental Health Day.

The commemoration of World Mental Health Day is to remind the public the importance of maintaining mental health in the midst of various problems that are currently happening. In addition, the public is asked to voice the importance of being aware of maintaining mental conditions.

This one anniversary is celebrated every October 10 every year. This day was inaugurated as a unifying public awareness of the importance of mental health.

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2022 World Mental Health Day theme

Quoting the WHO website, the theme for Mental Health Day 2022 is "Make mental health & well-being for all a global priority". The theme focuses on mental health, which is a global priority.

With the theme created, WHO hopes that people in various countries will be able to focus on dealing with problems related to mental health. The reason is more than 25 percent during a pandemic someone experiences anxiety and depression. Moreover, in low-income countries, there are still very few services to maintain their mental health.

In addition, with this warning, it is hoped that there will be awareness for stakeholders to pay attention to welfare and mental health as a top priority.

History

Launching the official website for World Mental Health Day (WMHD), World Mental Health Day itself was created by the Deputy Secretary of the World Mental Health Federation, General Richard Hunter in 1992. However, at that time the commemoration did not have a specific theme.

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However, in 1994, at the suggestion of Secretary General Eugene Brody, the first theme to commemorate World Mental Health Day was “Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services throughout the World”.

After being made, in the following years it always has a different special theme. This celebration not only raises awareness, but also becomes a moment of empathy, unity, and hope to create change about mental health.