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The World Federation for Mental Health first celebrated World Mental Health Day in 1992. For the first few years, the focus was generic. However since 1996, there has been a theme for each World Mental Health day. The themes over the years have been wide ranging as is evident in the following examples of Women and Mental Health, The Relationship Between Physical & Mental Health: co-occurring disorders, Mental Health in A Changing World: The Impact of Culture and Diversity and Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention from 1996, 2004, 2007 and 2019 respectively.
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s theme - Mental Health for All. Greater Investment – Greater Access. Everyone, everywhere - seems most apt.
Mindful of the importance of Maslow before Bloom (as referenced in last week’s blog post, Perspective) and of Laurie Buchan’s and Jean Shinoda Bolen’s quote, I offer the following resources:
For information about World Mental Health Day:
For information and resources about Wellbeing and Mental Health for student and/or educators:
Resources For Schools (for students and educators) from Jigsaw, an Irish charity which focuses on improving the mental health literacy of the entire population through public policy and providing services directly to those in need.
Self-care assessment, Self-care plan, and Self-care tips. These practical resources from Dallas Independent School District were shared during Teaching Tolerance’s August 2020 webinar entitled The Value of Educator Self Care.
Virtual Calming Corner includes meditation, mindfulness, yoga and more.
What are mental health problems? is a two minute video produced by Mind, a UK mental health charity, with the view to raise awareness and remove stigma surrounding mental health.
Do one thing: For better mental health this World Mental Health Day calendar from Mind focuses on the Five ways to Wellbeing.
Self-care for Educators and Self-care For Educators (Part II) are two previous blog posts centred on wellbeing.
Mental Health Awareness Week (May 2020) focussed on the theme of kindness
Mindful of this year’s theme, Mental Health for All. Greater Investment – Greater Access. Everyone, everywhere, how will you be promoting mental health during this year’s World Mental Health Day and the days, weeks and months beyond?
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