2023-10-10 05:30:00
Amal Allam wrote Tuesday, October 10, 2023 08:30 AM
The World Health Organization celebrates World Mental Health Day on October 10 of each year, and World Mental Health Day 2023 provides an opportunity for individuals and local communities to champion the theme “Mental health is a universal human right,” in order to improve knowledge, raise awareness, and advance actions that promote and protect mental health. Mental health for all as a universal human right.
The World Health Organization said, in a statement, that mental health is a basic human right guaranteed to everyone, and every person, whoever and wherever he is, has the right to enjoy the highest attainable level of mental health, and this includes the right to be protected from mental health risks, and the right to Access to affordable, acceptable, acceptable and quality care, and the right to freedom, independence and inclusion in the community.
She added: Good mental health is vitally important to our overall health and well-being. However, one in every 8 people in the world lives with a mental health condition that can affect their physical health, well-being, how they communicate with others, and their livelihoods. Mental ill health also affects an increasing number of adolescents and young adults.
She continued: Having a mental health condition should never be a reason to deprive a person of his human rights or exclude him from making decisions related to his health. However, people living with mental health conditions continue to suffer around the world from a wide range of conditions. Human rights violations, many of them face exclusion from community life and discrimination, while many others cannot get the mental health care they need or may only receive care that violates their human rights.
WHO continues to work with its partners to ensure recognition Psychological health Promote and protect it, and take urgent measures so that everyone can exercise their human rights and obtain the quality mental health care they need, adding, “Participate with us in the World Mental Health Day 2023 campaign to learn more about your basic rights to mental health and ways to protect the rights of others.”
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