World Mental Health Day (October 10), is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the
External links
* [http://www.wfmh.org/ World Federation for Mental Health]
* [http://www.wfmh.org/00WorldMentalHealthDay.htm World Mental Health Day]
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