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World Mental Health Day 2023

Mental health is a universal human right
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World Mental Health Day – 10 October 2023
“Our minds, Our rights”

Join with us on Tuesday 10 October to unite behind the Theme ‘Mental Health is a universal human right’ and take time to raise awareness and take action that promote and protect everyone’s mental health as a universal human right.

Mental health is a universal human right.
Human rights are universal and serve to promote and protect people’s right to dignity, autonomy and community inclusion.

Good mental health is vital to our overall health and well-being. Yet one in eight people globally are living with mental health conditions, which can impact their physical health, their well-being, how they connect with others, and their livelihoods. Mental health conditions are also affecting an increasing number of adolescents and young people.

Everyone has the right to access quality mental health care.
Because mental health is a universal human right, we all have the right to access quality treatment that meets our needs and respects our rights across our lifetimes.

Support Services
As Members are aware, the nature of our industry is one that generates inherent stress and anxiety which may result in depression or other illness.

It is often not spoken about, but it is common for firefighters to experience these types of mental health trauma as a result of their service to the community.

Therefore, it is vitally important that each and every one of us recognise that we are susceptible to experiencing any one of the above as a result of the nature of our industry.

The UFU acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land, and we pay our respect to their Elders, past and present.

The UFU supports the call of First Nations peoples for a Voice to Parliament to be enshrined in the Constitution.

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