World Mental Health Day: When is it? What's the theme this year?

Mental health in the workplace is this year's theme on October 10th.

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00:00World Mental Health Day takes place each year on October the 10th. It's Thursday

00:05this year and for 2024 the theme is mental health in the workplace. When you

00:11think about it we spend almost, well most of our lives at work or working from

00:17home, whatever your job is. Actually having good mental health at work not

00:22only is helpful for productivity but your own sanity, your own well-being and

00:28your entire life. 15% of UK workers are estimated to have a mental health

00:35condition. As we know one in four people have a mental health condition and

00:42875,000 workers are suffering from work-related stress, depression and

00:48anxiety and those were figures from 2022 to 2023. It's also the fifth most common

00:55reason for sickness absence in 2022 was mental health. So World Mental Health

01:02Foundation are encouraging people to talk about it, have a tea and talk, set up

01:07an awareness campaign or provide training in your workplace, ideally

01:12everything. For more information head to the Mental Health Foundation's website to

01:18find out more about their campaigns as well as ways to get support.

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