This year’s edition of world mental health day will be held on October 10 in our country with the motto Give a like to mental health. For the right to grow in well-being’chosen by the 29,3% of the participants in the online voting organized by the Confederation MENTAL HEALTH Spain.
As the organization highlights, “as in previous editions, we join the theme proposed by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), which in 2022 will focus on the mental health and the wellness for all people as one overall priorityalthough we wanted to focus on the childhood and the youthtwo population groups to which not much attention is usually paid in terms of mental health and, in addition, one of the most affected by the pandemic”.
The votingin which they offered five options proposals by the technical team of the Confederation and members of its Committee for Mental Health ‘In first person’ and its State Network of Womenhas had the participation of a total of 1,981 users.
The other options presented were ‘Good mental health begins in childhood and youth’ –which obtained 28.0% of the votes–, ‘Mental health. The system needs to restart’ (19,8%), ‘For an emotional education in childhood and youth’ (14,4%) y ‘Protect children, there is only one. Creating a society of visibility and listening is possible!’ (8,4%).
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