{"id":2898,"date":"2023-10-10T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:43:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:43:27","slug":"world-mental-health-day-10-october-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2023\/10\/10\/world-mental-health-day-10-october-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Mental Health Day 10 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/08\/mental-health-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2899\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018<em>Mental Health is a universal human right\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The green ribbon is in the international symbol of mental health awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental health problems exist in our lives, families, workplaces and communities, impacting everyone. We need to do as much as possible to prevent mental ill-health \u2013 as individuals and as a society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World Mental Health Day is also a chance to talk about mental health in general &#8211; how we need to look after it and how important it is to talk about things and get help if you are struggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are lots of ways you can get involved \u2013 whether you are an individual, a group or an organisation. Take a look at the Mental Health Foundation\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\">https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk<\/a> and at MIND\u2019s site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/get-involved\/world-mental-health-day\/\">https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/get-involved\/world-mental-health-day\/<\/a> there is lots of information, support and resources available.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/08\/mental-health-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2900\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. This year\u2019s theme is \u2018Mental Health is a universal human right\u2019 The green ribbon is in the international symbol of mental health awareness. Mental health problems exist in our lives, families, workplaces and communities, impacting everyone. We need to do as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2023\/10\/10\/world-mental-health-day-10-october-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;World Mental Health Day 10 October&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":2901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}