World Mental Health Day is observed annually on 10 October, to raise awareness of and improve mental health around the world. This year the focus is on suicide prevention. Organised by the World Federation for Mental Health, supported by inter alia WHO, the International Association for Suicide Prevention, United for Global Health, and IUPsyS. Full details of WHO’s “40 seconds of action” to raise awareness and understanding of the magnitude of suicide globally and the role that all of us can play to help prevent it may be accessed by clicking here. Information such as fact sheets, data, infographics, tools, and resources may be obtained here. Extensive suicide data such as global suicide estimates, suicide data reported by countries, and a manual for suicide attempt surveillance may be accessed here.
