Under the theme “Making mental health and well-being for all a global priority”, the World Health Organization celebratesWorld Mental Health Day 2022, Monday 10 October 2022, to make this day a new start for an inspiring vision.
Mental health experts, specialists and specialized organizations hope to make the mental health and well-being of community members a high-value priority marketed and protected by all individuals and organizations.
Mental health includes the protection and treatment of the individual from mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety and others, and World Mental Health Day expands the term well-being, a term that expresses the individual’s feeling of satisfaction and happiness regarding quality. of life.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has chosen one of the axes of Kingdom’s Vision 2030 as “quality of life” and has dedicated an entire program to it.
Millions of people around the world suffer from psychological and mental stress
World Mental Health Day seeks to help a person lead a normal life, especially after millions of people around the world have been exposed to psychological and mental stress due to the outbreak of the Corona pandemic after 2019. reason, the most important will be presented the details about the World Mental Health Day, especially the slogan of the World Mental Health Day 2022.
This mental health disorder is characterized by loss of interest in activities, restlessness, irritability, anger, feeling sluggish, lack of energy, changes in appetite and weight, digestive problems, sleep problems, etc. Other symptoms include chronic fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and thoughts of suicide or death.
About 12 billion working days are lost due to depression and anxiety
The World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization have called for concrete measures to address workers’ mental health problems, as it is estimated that around 12 billion days of work are lost per year due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly a trillion dollars.
According to the World Mental Health Report issued by WHO and published in June 2022, 15% of working-age adults suffered from a mental disorder, out of a billion people suffering from mental disorders in 2019.
“Work exacerbates and spreads social problems on a large scale, negatively affecting mental health, including discrimination and wages,” the report said.
Bullying and psychological violence (also known as “harassment”) are major complaints about workplace harassment and negatively impact mental health, but discussing or reporting mental health remains taboo in the workplace around the world.
The organization recommends better ways to meet the needs of workers suffering from mental health problems and to propose interventions to help them return to work and to take measures to involve people with severe mental health problems in paid work .
