{"id":123175,"date":"2022-10-10T12:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T06:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=123175"},"modified":"2022-10-10T12:01:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T06:31:56","slug":"world-mental-health-day-2022-observed-on-10-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/world-mental-health-day-2022-observed-on-10-october\/","title":{"rendered":"World Mental Health Day 2022 Observed on 10 October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>World Mental Health Day 2022 Observed on 10 October: <\/strong>World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. In India, World Mental Health Day is marked on the final day of the Mental Health Awareness Campaign Week campaign, launched last year by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-october-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme or rather the slogan for 2022\u2019s celebration of World Mental health Day is&nbsp;\u201cMake mental health &amp; well-being for all a global priority.\u201d&nbsp;World Health Organization (WHO) mentions that before the COVID-19 pandemic, about one in eight people worldwide suffered from mental issues. Proper infrastructural and economic support for mental health, however, was lacking. The global pandemic raised mental stress for people all over the world. Lives were left permanently altered by the virus. Recent armed conflicts between nations and religious violence have added to this stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH)&nbsp;is a non-governmental organisation founded in&nbsp;1948.&nbsp;The then WFMH Deputy Secretary General Richard Hunter initiated the first celebration of World Mental Health Day on October 10, 1992. From 1994 onwards, a special theme was selected each year for the global event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Mental Health Day 2022 Observed on 10 October: World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. 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