MAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH

 

Mental health is quite a serious issue, we need more than just awareness in our society. This issues has been growing so fast in the past few years with the raise of children killing each other at school also growing. It is just not only peers killing each other because even teachers also sometimes caught in the firing line. The month of May is mental health month, were by companies run a few campaign to promote the mental health issue. Mental illnesses are among the most common health conditions

There has been increasing acknowledgement of the important role mental health plays in achieving global development goals, as illustrated by the inclusion of mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals. Depression is one of the leading causes of disability. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds. People with severe mental health conditions die prematurely – as much as two decades early – due to preventable physical conditions.

Despite progress in some countries, people with mental health conditions often experience severe human rights violations and discrimination. Mental health awareness is something that can help the millions of people who are impacted by mental health issues throughout the world. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in five adults have had or currently have symptoms of a mental illness