Pinterest, Unilever and more share plans in support of World Mental Health Day

October 10 marks World Mental Health Day 2022, an initiative intended to provide the world with “an opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO.) Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide has increased by 25% creating a global crisis. That means one in eight people globally live with mental health conditions — and with a global population of 7.93 billion, that’s a staggering 991.25 million people.

The WHO went on to describe the day as “an opportunity for people with mental health conditions, advocates, governments, employers, employees and other stakeholders to come together to recognize progress in this field and to be vocal about what we need to do.”