Happy international mental health day.
WHO’s definition of mental health:
“A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
Every year, every international day has a theme.
This year the World Mental Health Day has the following theme: An opportunity to kick-start a massive scale-up in investment in mental health
3 reasons who 80-90% people are not accessing mental health services:
- Taboo to mental sickness
- lack of availability of psychologists, therapists and psychiatrists to cater the entire demand.
- lack of Access to psychological services
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