In 2004, the Central School Department of the Communist Youth League and the All-China Federation of Students decided to designate May 25th of each year as the National Mental Health Day for college and middle school students (including students from secondary vocational schools). The core content of this festival is: care for yourself, know yourself, accept yourself, pay attention to your mental health and spiritual growth, improve your psychological quality, and then love others and society.
Every May, the Mental Health Education and Counseling Center of Chongqing Normal University holds a series of special psychological activities to appeal to all students to pay attention to themselves. To know how to love yourself, we should not only cherish our body, but also pay attention to our mental health.
The Origin of Mental Health Day on May 25th
May 25th is World Mental Health Day, which aims to publicize mental health knowledge and raise public attention to mental health. The origin of this festival can be traced back to 1949. At that time, in response to the rapid growth of global mental health problems, the World Health Organization announced that May 25th of each year would be designated as World Mental Health Day. Since then, this festival has become an important day to promote mental health all over the world.
Mental health is an important part of people's physical and mental health, which affects people's quality of life and social adaptability. With the rapid development of modern society, people are facing more and more psychological pressures, such as anxiety, depression and loneliness, which have become common problems in daily life. Therefore, it is very necessary to publicize mental health knowledge and raise public awareness of mental health.
On World Mental Health Day, various publicity activities and services of professional organizations will be more colorful. People can learn about mental health knowledge and improve their awareness of self-protection by participating in seminars, health talks, psychological counseling and other activities. At the same time, the public can also improve their mental health through self-learning and self-regulation.
In a word, May 25th Mental Health Day has a long history, which aims to publicize mental health knowledge and raise public concern about mental health. We should take part in all kinds of mental health activities with a positive attitude, improve our mental health level and make our life better.