Life can be challenging.
With so much going on, it’s easy to get caught up in the everyday tasks and have little time to self-check our emotional wellbeing.
World Mental Health Day on 10 October reminds us to pause and think about our mental health, and what we can do to protect it.
Poor mental health can be prevented if we are supported to live well. While we need government action to fix many of the root causes of mental health problems, such as poverty, poor housing and job insecurity, there are things we can do individually to help ourselves and the people we care about to have good mental health.
The Mental Health Foundation has produced a new guide, ‘Our Best Mental Health Tips’, giving information on the things we can do to help protect our mental health. It’s available for free on our website mentalhealth.org.uk.
This World Mental Health Day people can show their support by wearing the green ribbon #PinItForMentalHealth. Mentalhealth.org.uk/ribbon
Richard Grange
Associate Director, Mental Health Foundation London
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