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It's #WorldMentalHealthDay.

Close to 1️⃣ billion people have a #MentalHealth disorder. Despite the magnitude of mental ill health, relatively few people around the 🌍 have access to quality mental health services.

Let's make mental health & well-being for all a global priority!
The serious gaps in #MentalHealth care are a result of chronic under-investment. This #WorldMentalHealthDay we call on more investment for mental health care for all!

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#COVID19 has created a 🌐 crisis for mental health, fueling short & long-term stresses & undermining the #MentalHealth of millions.

#Depression & anxiety went ⬆️ by more than 25% in the first year of the pandemic alone

Photo: Getty Images A person wearing a mask is ...
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Work affects #MentalHealth & well-being.

1 in 6 working-age adults are estimated to have a mental disorder.

Globally, 12 billion working days are lost every year on account of #depression and anxiety.

🆕 WHO recommended guidelines to protect #MentalHealthAtWork ⬇️
Risks to #MentalHealthAtWork incl.:
🔸under-use of skills
🔸excessive workloads
🔸unsafe working conditions
🔸limited support from colleagues
🔸harassment/bullying
🔸discrimination/exclusion
🔸unclear job role
🔸job insecurity
🔸inadequate pay
& more

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Being out of work is also a threat to #MentalHealth.

Unemployment, job and financial insecurity and recent job loss are risk factors.

📌 bit.ly/3fpWgsb A young man is looking at a...
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At @Microsoft, we’ve spent the past 6 months studying how the pandemic has impacted workplace #wellbeing around the world. Some findings.
Workers worldwide face burnout, but some are hit harder than others. For instance: 44% in Brazil are feeling more burned out compared to 31% in the US and 10% in Germany.
Contracting COVID-19 is the top stressor for Firstline Workers. Remote workers, meanwhile, cite a lack of separation between work and life.
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Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay, a day that we look to raise awareness of mental health around the world.

This #WMHD we are sharing posts and accounts working on mental health issues, along with some useful resources for those that might need support 👇
Heads Together have curated a guide of #WMHD content from the eight @Heads_Together charity partners, filled with their support services, fundraising challenges, important messages and much more.

BBC's #TinyHappyPeople has shared lots of useful resources for new parents, including a guide on good mental health for new dads:

bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-peo…
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The videos are to whet conversations on rights of persons with mental illness, persons who live with unique life stressors due to structural oppression. Section 21(1)(a) of #MHCA mandates equality & non-discrimination for all #PWMI What would that look like? Please share
TW: violence, lynching, caste violence, death. I'll start us off. In 2017-2018, three reported incidents of persons with mental illness PWMI being lynched & killed. There's a clear intersection here -with the victims belonging Muslim, Dalit & Tribal communities. Never Forget.
Many persons are involuntarily admitted to mental hospitals - especially women, homeless, economically vulnerable persons (irrespective of their mental health). Institutions are characterized by segregation, no respect for bodily rights, personal space of the users. #Rights #PWMI
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