Uncovering the Importance of Mental Health Awareness: A Vital Perspective

Name Institutional affiliations Date Mental health is usually inclusive of one's emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Mental health, in most cases, affects how people think, feel and act. Unfortunately, mental health does take a negative toll on the sick and the immediate family members, and it is for this reason why the month of May was dedicated as the mental health month. Mental health is significant in everybody's life stage, from as early as childhood, to adolescence to adulthood. Therefore, it is for these reasons that The National Institute of Mental Health has a mantra that “No health without mental health” (Cratsley and Mackey, 2018). There have been stigmas on the people with mental health whereby one in every five people have experienced mental health illness during their lifetime. Due to this stigma, millions of people worldwide