Mental Illness Awareness Week – October 2 – October 8
Mental Illness Awareness Week is observed October 2 through October 8. During this week, mental health advocates and organizations across the U.S. join to sponsor events to promote community outreach and public education concerning mental illness.
During this week, mental health advocates and organizations across the U.S. join to sponsor events to promote community outreach and public education concerning mental illness.
The stigma surrounding mental illness is a major barrier that prevents people from seeking the mental health treatment that they need. Programs during Mental Illness Awareness Week are designed to create community awareness and discussion in an effort to put an end to the stigma and advocate for treatment and recovery.
An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older—about one in four adults—are believed to be diagnosable with a mental illness in any given year.
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