Tag: World Mental Health Day

10th October 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Former Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

World Mental Health Day

This year, World Mental Health Day is focusing on dignity. We all have mental health. Treating people with mental health problems with dignity helps everyone take steps to safeguard their wellbeing. Failing to do so can lead to self-stigma, low confidence, low self-esteem, withdrawal and social isolation. Providing effective support to people experiencing mental health […]

14th October 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka

by Laura Davies

Former Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Talking openly about mental health

Last Friday was World Mental Health Day. The World Health Organisation estimates that 450 million people worldwide have a mental health problem. In the UK, 90% of prisoners have some kind of mental health issue, as do 10% of children. Sri Lanka has the fourth highest per capita suicide rate in the world. Globally, one […]