The World Mental Health Day will be observed across the country on October 10 with the purpose to raise public awareness about psychological problems and diseases.
This year the theme of the day is ‘The Great Push Investing in Mental Health’. Eminent psychiatric of Sir Cowasji Jehangir Institute of Psychiatry (SCJ) Hyderabad Dr Darya Khan Laghari informed here on Tuesday that according to an estimate, over 450 million people in the world suffer from mental disorder and out of these 20 million are in Pakistan.
Over one million depressed people commit suicide every year across the world. He said initiatives should be taken to help the people in grief as they were going through a testing time and needed help. Different health institutions and organizations of Hyderabad have chalked out elaborate programs to mark the occasion.
