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World Mental Health Day
October 10

Mental health in the workplace
World Mental Health Day has been celebrated by the World Health Organization since 1992 to raise public awareness of mental health issues. The events of World Mental Health Day are aimed at raising public awareness of the activities of mental health services, as well as the possibilities of providing timely assistance to people in difficult life situations.
Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorders.
Mental health is an integral part of health; Indeed, without mental health there is no health.
Mental health is determined by a number of socioeconomic, biological and environmental factors.
Cost-effective, cross-sectoral public health strategies and interventions exist to promote mental health.
Mental health is an integral part and essential component of health. The WHO Constitution states: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” An important implication of this definition is that mental health is not only the absence of mental disorders and disabilities.
Mental health is a state of well-being in which a person realizes his or her abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to their community. In this positive sense, mental health is fundamental to individual well-being and the effective functioning of communities.
Mental health and well-being are essential to our collective and individual ability as sentient beings to think, express emotions, communicate with each other, earn a living and enjoy life. Given this fact, promoting, protecting and restoring mental health can be seen as vital action by individuals, communities and communities around the world.
The level of mental health of a person at any given time is determined by numerous social, psychological and biological factors. For example, persistent socioeconomic pressures are recognized as a risk factor for the mental health of individuals and communities. Clear evidence relates to indicators of poverty, including low levels of education.
Poor mental health is also associated with rapid social change, stressful work conditions, gender discrimination, social exclusion, unhealthy lifestyles, risks of violence and physical ill-health, and human rights violations.
There are also specific psychological and personality factors that make people vulnerable to mental disorders. Finally, there are a number of biological causes of mental disorders, including genetic factors that contribute to imbalances of brain chemicals.
Promoting and protecting mental health
Mental health promotion includes actions to create living conditions and environments that support mental health and enable people to lead healthy lifestyles. This includes a range of actions to make more people more likely to have better mental health. An environment in which fundamental civil, political, socio-economic and cultural rights are respected and protected is the basis for promoting mental health. Without the security and freedom provided by these rights, maintaining a high level of mental health is very difficult.
Specific ways to promote mental health include:
- early childhood interventions (eg home visits for pregnant women, pre-school psychosocial interventions, combined nutrition and psychosocial services for disadvantaged groups);
- child support (eg skills programmes, child and young people development programmes);
- providing socio-economic opportunities to women (for example, improving access to education and microcredit schemes);
- social support for older people (eg matchmaking initiative, local day centers for older people);
- programs targeting vulnerable populations, including minorities, indigenous peoples, migrants and people affected by conflict and natural disasters (for example, psychosocial interventions after natural disasters);
- interventions to promote mental health in schools (eg green school programs and child-friendly schools);
- interventions to promote mental health in the workplace (eg stress prevention programmes);
- housing policies (eg improving housing conditions);
- violence prevention programs (for example, limiting access to alcohol and weapons);
- individual community development programs;
- poverty reduction and social protection of the poor;
- anti-discrimination laws and campaigns;
Неоспоримо установлена связь между стрессовыми состояниями на рабочем месте и ухудшением психического здоровья.