World Mental Health Day on 10th October 2021

World Mental Health Day 2021: World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year on 10 October all over the world.  The purpose of celebrating this day is to bring awareness among people about mental health.  At present, it is very important to be aware of mental health.

 The changing, hectic lifestyle and modernity are having a profound effect on the mental health of a person.  Therefore, World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year on 10 October to make the public aware of mental health.

 On World Mental Health Day, people are made aware about the ill effects of mobile addiction, depression, drug abuse etc. on mental health.  This year's theme is 'Mental Health in an Unequal World'.

 Today in the world people are falling prey to depression or other mental diseases due to many reasons.  Many times people fall in the grip of mental illness in such a way that they even start thinking of suicide.  In such a situation, this day is celebrated with the aim of making the world aware of mental health.

 Due to mental stress, anxiety and depression, many people in the world are suffering from various types of problems and mental diseases like social stigma, dementia, hysteria, anxiety, narcissism.  World Mental Health Day is celebrated with the aim of attracting people's attention towards these problems and spreading awareness among the people.  With this, people should be aware of mental problems and diseases and can get their treatment done in time.

 World Mental Health Day was started in the year 1992.  This day was first celebrated at the initiative of Richard Hunter, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and the World Federation for Mental Health.  Eugene Brody, the then Secretary-General of the United Nations, advised to celebrate this day in the year 1994 and a theme was also set to celebrate it.  Since then every year this day is celebrated with a special theme.