“a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community”
✓ is an integral part of health
Cost-effective public health and intersectoral strategies and interventions should exist to promote, protect and restore mental health.
✓ is more than the absence of mental disorders
✓ is determined by a range of socioeconomic, biological and environmental factors
Around 20% of the world's children and adolescents have mental disorders or problems.
Over 800,000 people die due to suicide every year and suicide is the second leading cause of death in 15-29-year-olds.
Stigma and discrimination against patients and families prevent people from seeking mental health care.
Around 20% of the world's children and adolescents have mental disorders or problems.
Over 800,000 people die due to suicide every year and suicide is the second leading cause of death in 15-29-year-olds.
Stigma and discrimination against patients and families prevent people from seeking mental health care.
According to the Act, "Mental Health Condition" refers to a neurologic or psychiatric condition characterized by the existence of a recognizable, clinically-significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviour that reflects a genetic or acquired dysfunction in the neurobiological, psychosocial, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.
Definition of Mental Illness
The Act provides for ‘Free Prior Informed Consent’or ‘Informed Consent’, referring to consent voluntarily given by a service user to a plan for treatment. A patient must ‘give prior informed consent before receiving treatment or care, including the right to withdraw such consent’.
Informed Consent
Under the Act, any person subject to the Act may designate a person of legal age to act as his or her legal representative through a notarized document. This legal representative shall ‘provide the service user with support and help represent his or her interests; receive medical information about the service user in accordance with this Act; assist the service user vis-á-vis the exercise of any right provided under this Act; and be consulted with respect to any treatment or therapy received by the service user’. If a legal representative is not chosen, other persons can act as the legal representative, including the spouse, non-minor children and either parent by mutual consent, if the service user is a minor. A person subject to the Act may also designate up to three persons or ‘supporters’, including the service user’s legal representative, for the purposes of supported decision-making.
Legal representatives and supported decision-making
International Labour Organization, (2020). "A Policy Framework for Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic" . https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/documents/briefingnote/wcms_745337.pdf
Labor Market
International Labour Organization, (2020). "A Policy Framework for Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic" . https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/documents/briefingnote/wcms_745337.pdf
Most affected groups
Ginger, (2020). "Workforce Attitudes Toward Mental Health - Report 2020" . https://ginger.io
From the Center for Workplace Mental Health and American Psychiatric Association Foundation:
The COVID-19 is presenting a new and unique challenges
The daily living is disrupted causing added anxiety,
stress, and strain – physically, mentally, and financially
These disruptions and uncertainties lead to anxiety and stress
Ginger, (2020). "5 Ways COVID-19 Will Impact Mental Health Long-term and What HR Can Do About It" . https://ginger.io
Ginger, (2020). "5 Ways COVID-19 Will Impact Mental Health Long-term and What HR Can Do About It" . https://ginger.io
Ginger, (2020). "5 Ways COVID-19 Will Impact Mental Health Long-term and What HR Can Do About It" . https://ginger.io
Ginger, (2020). "5 Ways COVID-19 Will Impact Mental Health Long-term and What HR Can Do About It" . https://ginger.io
Ginger, (2020). "5 Ways COVID-19 Will Impact Mental Health Long-term and What HR Can Do About It" . https://ginger.io
Think about how you are feeling. Don’t ignore your feelings, especially if you don’t feel well.
Concern about the risk of the being exposed to the virus at work.
Being overwhelmed on taking care of personal and family needs.
Managing a different and additional workload.
Lack of access to the tools and equipment needed to perform your job.
Feelings that you are not contributing enough to work.
Uncertainty about the future of your workplace and/or employment.
Learning new communication tools and dealing with technical difficulties.
Difficulty in adapting to a different workspace and/or work schedule.
If you must stay at home, maintain a healthy lifestyle - including proper diet, sleep, exercise and social contacts with loved ones at home and by email and phone with other family and friends.
Get the facts. Gather information that will help you accurately determine your risk so that you can take reasonable precautions. Find a credible source you can trust such as WHO website or, a local or state public health agency.
Limit worry and agitation by lessening the time you and your family spend watching or listening to media coverage that you perceive as upsetting.
Draw on skills you have used in the past that have helped you to manage previous life’s adversities and use those skills to help you manage your emotions during the challenging time of this outbreak.
Try to go to bed and wake up at the same times every day, making sure you get enough sleep. Plan ahead and try to have a balance of activities such as keeping up with schoolwork, physical exercise, connecting with friends and family, doing things you enjoy, and eating regular meals.
Keep a daily routine as much as possible.
Don’t use smoking, alcohol or other drugs to deal with your emotions.
If you feel overwhelmed, talk to a health worker or counsellor. Have a plan, where to go to and how to seek help for physical and mental health needs if required.
Older people may have limited access to messaging apps, like Viber, WeChat, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, etc.
Provide older adults with accurate accessible information and facts about the COVID-19 outbreak, the progression, treatment, and effective strategies to prevent an infection.
Information needs to be easily accessible (i.e. clear, simple language, large font) and come from multiple trusted (media) sources (public media, social media and trustworthy health care providers) to prevent irrational behavior such as stocking of non-effective medical herbs.
Encourage family or friends to call their older relatives regularly and teach older people how to use video(chat).
Teach older people simple physical exercises to perform at their home/in quarantine to maintain mobility and reduce boredom.
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/supporting-someone-mental-health-problem
Mental Health AWHEREness aims to promote mental health awareness through information, education, communication, and mapping of available mental health services and their corresponding important information that would help and encourage people to seek mental healthcare without telling others until they are ready to do so; and to tell decision-makers where more mental health services are needed.