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Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO UN News

(4 days ago) WEBWelcome to the United Nations Language human rights and socioeconomic development mean that transforming policy and practice in mental health can deliver real, substantive benefits for individuals, communities and countries …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1120682

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United Nations System Mental Health and Well-being …

(2 days ago) WEB8 united nations system mental health and well-being strategy or 2024 and beyond System-wide action As this is a system-wide strategy, global efforts will be undertaken to support United

https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/un_system_mental_health_and_well_being_strategy_for_2024.pdf

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COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

(1 days ago) WEBEXECUTIVE SUMMARY UNITED NATIONS POLICY BRIEF: COVID-19 AND THE NEED FOR ACTION ON MENTAL HEALTH 3 initiatives to strengthen psychosocial support have sprung up. Yet, because of the size of the

https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/un_policy_brief-covid_and_mental_health_final.pdf

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UN system workplace mental health and wellbeing strategy

(4 days ago) WEBThe United Nations System Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy is a comprehensive approach to address the needs of United Nations personnel and …

https://policy.un.org/unite-web-topic/un-system-workplace-mental-health-and-wellbeing-strategy

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IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE- UN Mental Health and Well …

(7 days ago) WEBThe document outlined the United Nations System Mental Health and Well-being Strategy and was adopted by the HLCM in September 2018, launched in October 2018 with work commencing in 2019.

https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/implementation-guide_un_mental_health_and_well-being_strategy.pdf

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New WHO guidance aims to stamp out rights violations in mental health

(4 days ago) WEBWelcome to the United Nations policies and services regarding mental health care, following adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006, few have made progress in meeting the changes required by international human rights standards. New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1093732

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Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation: Guidance and Practice

(9 days ago) WEBHealth and disability. This joint publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights …

https://www.ohchr.org/en/publications/policy-and-methodological-publications/mental-health-human-rights-and-legislation

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Time to address mental health issues in the workplace, UN …

(4 days ago) WEBWith an estimated 12 billion workdays lost annually due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion, more action is needed to tackle …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1128171

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New Mental Health Report ‘a Road Map’ to Guide - United Nations

(6 days ago) WEBWhile the COVID-19 pandemic has increased mental health problems, it has also led to a far greater understanding of the importance — and fragility — of good mental health. Unfortunately, in most countries, mental health remains the most neglected area of health policy.

https://press.un.org/en/2022/sgsm21326.doc.htm

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Workplace Mental Health and Well-being Policy Portal

(8 days ago) WEBThe United Nations System Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy is a comprehensive approach to address the needs of United Nations personnel and …

https://policy.un.org/content/workplace-mental-health-and-well-being

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Policy Portal - United Nations

(8 days ago) WEBThe Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Strategy is for all personnel, across diverse roles, contexts and environments, from deep-field missions to Headquarters. A variety of organization-specific and inter-agency efforts have been made to address psychosocial well-being and mental health in the United Nations workplace.

https://policy.un.org/policy-doc/29806

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Mental health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(7 days ago) WEBMental health. Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. It …

https://www.who.int/health-topics/mental-health

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Launch of the 2024 and beyond UN System Mental Health and …

(4 days ago) WEBDescription. The first UN System Workplace Mental Health and well-being strategy was launched in 2018 and significant progress was made over the past 5 years. …

https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k1y20ox7qu

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UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental …

(4 days ago) WEBSpearheading the alert ahead of the upcoming World Health Assembly in Geneva, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to do much more to protect all those facing mounting mental …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063882

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Make mental healthcare for all a reality, urges Guterres

(4 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on mental health worldwide, and action must be taken to “redress the glaring inequalities exposed by the …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102272

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‘Make Mental Health for All a Global Priority - United Nations

(6 days ago) WEBNearly 1 billion people live with a mental health condition, but mental health remains one of the most neglected aspects of health care. The United …

https://press.un.org/en/2022/sgsm21522.doc.htm

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Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

(2 days ago) WEBCOVID-19. Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if action is not …

https://unsdg.un.org/resources/policy-brief-covid-19-and-need-action-mental-health

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Mental health and psychosocial support

(4 days ago) WEBMental health and psychosocial support : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly UN. General Assembly (77th sess. : 2022-2023) Agenda information …

https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4014613

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Mental health and well-being a global priority United Nations

(2 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization is working with partners to launch a campaign dubbed “Making Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority.”. A platform that will bring together people

https://www.un.org/en/information-center-washington/mental-health-well-being-global-priority

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A scoping review of international policy responses to mental …

(3 days ago) WEBThe WHO and the United Nations (UN) have produced policy briefings on mental health recovery. The OECD is compiling data, analysis and recommendations …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022299/

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THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2021 ON MY MIND

(2 days ago) WEBWorld’s Children examines mental health, with a special focus on how risk and protective factors in the home, school and community shape mental health outcomes. Against a …

https://www.unicef.org/media/108036/file/SOWC-2021-executive-summary.pdf

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Health policy brief: Global mental health and the United Nations

(1 days ago) WEBIntroduction: Increased awareness of the importance of mental health for global health has led to a number of new initiatives, including influential policy instruments issued by the …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29369647/

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Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health …

(8 days ago) WEBA whole-of-society approach for mental health in COVID-19 means: crafting all communications to be sensitive of their potential impact on people’s mental health, …

https://reliefweb.int/report/world/policy-brief-covid-19-and-need-action-mental-health-13-may-2020

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Substantial investment needed to avert mental health crisis

(Just Now) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need to urgently increase investment in services for mental health or risk a massive increase in mental health …

https://www.who.int/news/item/14-05-2020-substantial-investment-needed-to-avert-mental-health-crisis

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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support United Nations …

(5 days ago) WEBIn his 2020 report on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, the United Nations Secretary-General emphasized the need to better integrate mental health and psychosocial …

https://www.undp.org/prevent-violent-extremism/mental-health-and-psychosocial-support

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Making mental health a priority: - United Nations Development …

(3 days ago) WEBIn Iraq, significant urgent crises such as violent conflict and lack of livelihoods have taken precedence over mental health and provision of psychosocial support for far too long. …

https://www.undp.org/iraq/stories/making-mental-health-priority

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Review of mental health and well-being policies and practices in …

(4 days ago) WEBReview of mental health and well-being policies and practices in United Nations system organizations : note / by the Secretary-General UN. Secretary-General. …

https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4041826

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A Proclamation on National Mental Health Awareness Month,

(5 days ago) WEBWe are all in this together. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/04/30/a-proclamation-on-national-mental-health-awareness-month-2024/

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Refugee Mental Health, Global Health Policy, and the Syrian Crisis

(3 days ago) WEBThere is an official national mental health policy, though no dedicated legislation is in place . Indicative of the broader challenge of implementation, the national …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369241/

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Onslaught of violence against women and children in Gaza …

(2 days ago) WEBOver 8,000 others are reported missing or under the rubble – and the experts noted that at least half of them can be assumed to be women and children. They also …

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/onslaught-violence-against-women-and-children-gaza-unacceptable-un-experts

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Youth Employment: A Foundation for Mental Health and Well-Being

(5 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Department of Labor knows the workforce system is an important partner in supporting the mental health of young people, and that good jobs are a critical …

https://www.dol.gov/general/mental-health-at-work/youth

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A bill to establish a United States Senate Commission on Mental …

(8 days ago) WEBS. 4312 is a bill in the United States Congress. A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law. Bills …

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s4312

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