Social Media Creates Community Through #MoveforMentalHealthDay
World Mental Health Day took place was October 10, 2020 and social media provided an opportune medium to bring people together from around the world to promote a shared interest: mental health awareness.
The #MoveforMentalHealth initiative, a collaborative campaign by the World Health Organization (WHO), United for Global Mental Health (UGMH) and World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), aimed to increase awareness of mental health and the lack of funding allocated to the medical condition.
How many people globally suffer from mental illness? A lot.
Consider the statistics below and you’ll understand why so much effort was put into the #MoveforMentalHealthDay social media campaign.
The WHO explained, “The #MoveforMentalHealth challenge is asking people around the world to post videos showing what they do in support of their mental well-being ̶ whether it be dancing, walking, doing yoga, cooking, painting or something else entirely, on their favourite social media platforms, using the hashtag #MoveForMentalHealth. Social media platforms such as Tik-Tok, Facebook and Instagram are supporting the…
