World Mental Health Day 2023
World Mental Health Day is on 10 October - a day to raise awareness of mental health problems. More and more of us are aware of mental health, but so many of us aren’t getting the right support. Awareness is just the start. You can find some useful resources below to help start conversations about mental health, how to look after your own mental health and a list of books and podcasts you may find helpful:
- A fantastic free online course to help you support others: Mind's free online course to help you support others
- Mental Health Myths
- Staying Mentally Well
10 podcasts for World Mental Health Day:
- Mental Illness Happy Hour
- Mentally Yours
- The Happiness Lab
- Terrible, Thanks for Asking
- Happier
- The Hilarious World of Depression
- The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Not Another Anxiety Show
- All in the Mind
10 books for World Mental Health Day:
- Freedom from Anxiety by Paul McKenna
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Me vs Brain by Hayley Morris
- The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
- The Anxiety Solution by Chloe Brotheridge
- I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was by Ruby Wax
- Working Hard Hardly Working by Grace Beverley
- The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris
- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman