It's World Mental Health Day today - 10th October

Care Connect ‏@Care_Connect3m

Today is World Mental Health Day. It is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy:

Link: http://buff.ly/GNEokz  #WMHD2013

"World Mental Health Day (WMHD) is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy. An initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, WMHD is an annual program held on 10 October to raise public awareness of mental health issues worldwide.

This year in Australia, WMHD has three objectives:

1. Encourage help seeking behaviour 
2. Reduce the stigma associated with mental illness
3. Foster connectivity throughout communities 

The 2013 WMHD campaign aims to achieve these goals by encouraging people to take personal ownership of their own mental health and wellbeing." MHCA

Homelessness Aus ‏@HomelessnessAus

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay - did you know people with mental illness are at greater risk of #homelessness?

SANE Australia ‏@SANEAustralia

Today on #wmhd2013 take a moment to consider your own #health & lifestyle. If you feel you need advice call SANE Helpline 1800 18 7263

Lifeline ‏@

Today is #WMHD2013. Post your #mentalhealth promise at http://1010.org.au/promises . pic.twitter.com/lOWCb5xzjE

Black Dog Institute ‏@blackdoginst

Happy World Mental Health Day #teamblackdog! How will you be looking after your mental health today? #wmhd2013

Making Education a Global Priority for Girls - Julia Gillard - Brookings

Julia Gillard Discusses Making Education a Global Priority and Offers Advice to Girls

Link:

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/education-plus-development/posts/2013/10/09-julia-gillard-education-global-priority-winthrop

Mental health and older adults

WHO (@WHO) tweeted at 7:43 PM on Mon, Oct 07, 2013:
(https://twitter.com/WHO/status/387181318334717952)

#Mentalhealth and emotional well-being are as important in older age as at any other time of life:

Link to WHO article:   http://t.co/PS1fUNCcZg

My mental health promise

World Mental Health Day

Link:

http://www.mhca.org.au/index.php/events/world-mental-health-day


Make a Promise to Yourself

MENTAL HEALTH BEGINS WITH YOU

"It doesn’t matter if you have a mental illness, care for someone with a mental illness, know someone with a mental illness or just care about good mental health, you can be part of this year’s campaign.

Start by writing a mental health promise to yourself. It doesn’t have to be long it just needs to be meaningful to you. Keep it short and achievable. Or you can choose one of the promises we have prepared.

Then upload a photo of yourself, or of something connected to your promise. We have prepared a range of avatars if you prefer not to upload your own image.

Finally, if you provide us with an email address, we can send you a copy of your promise as a jpeg for you to share with your friends, family, school mates and colleagues. It’s not mandatory, but it allows us to provide you with a nice little reminder of your promise. 

You can make as many promises as you like, you don’t have to stop at just one!"

Link:

https://1010.org.au/promise/add

Anne Summers Reports Issue 4 2013

An interesting and informative read.


http://annesummers.com.au/pdf/ASR_issue_4.pdf

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