World Mental Health Day on Oct 10, 2023, celebrates mental health as a universal human
right, a theme chosen through a vote of members and supporters of the World Federation for …

World Mental Health Day, which began in 1992, is focused on 'Mental Health in an Unequal
World'in 2021, including issues of poverty and disparities due to race, ethnicity, sexual …

was excellent and necessary. We were especially pleased to see recognition of the role of
legislation in promoting the global mental health agenda. Historically, mental health has …

Comment interventions. 4 The UN Convention recognises that all people have rights to both
life and liberty and to physical and mental integrity. However, it neither expressly bans nor …

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) recently issued a resolution calling for the
recognition of the rights of people with a broad spectrum of mental illness, from depression …

Comment www. thelancet. com Vol 387 June 4, 2016 2275 and support. Two new platforms
were launched to bring organisations together under the banner of mental health: mhNOW …

There are few truly watershed moments in medicine and global health. But the publication
this month of WHO's World Mental Health Report is one such milestone. It is the agency's …

The theme of the 2021 World Mental Health Day is “Mental Health in an Unequal World”,
highlighting unequal access to mental health care across the world. This situation has been …

Despite the great attention western countries pay to the mind and human consciousness in
philosophy and the arts, disturbances of mental health remain not only neglected but also …

4 years ago, The Lancet published a Series of articles highlighting the global health crisis
due to an astonishingly large treatment gap: up to nine of ten people with a mental health …