Welcome to the World Mental Health Day Blog Party for 2011. This is the official blog listing where we will be updating every blogger who blogs for World Mental Health Day.

Remember, if you want to blog for the day and help us increase awareness around mental health issues and treatment, please see the instructions here.

Your blog post can be about anything related to mental or emotional health, or its treatment. You can tell your story about how you first learned about your condition, and what kinds of challenges you faced to get treatment for it.

Blogs That Have Contributed to World Mental Health Day, 2011

Most recent entries are listed first. This list will be continuously updated throughout the day on October 10, 2011, so check back often!

World Mental Health Day – Rockin’ Friends Woo Us To Your Blog
The Redhead Riter

Invest in mental health: Right of torture victims to psycho-social rehabilitative services
World Without Torture

Mental health for the 3 in 4 of us without a diagnosed illness
Creating Focus – Sarah

Reducing stigma with Ruby Wax Losing It
Online Therapy Institute – Kate Anthony

Rising Mortality Rates for People with Serious Mental Illness
The Neurocritic

World Mental Health Day
Methodical Musings of an Unbalanced Woman – Melanie

My mental health is interfering with this Mental Health Day post
Kay

Connecting With a Therapist 101
Dr. Ann Becker Schutte

Mental Monday & World Mental Health Day
ArtMuseDog – Carol

Should It Be Spiritual Health Day?
Guideposts to Happiness – Will Meecham, MD

Oct. 10 World Mental Health Day
Back from the Sidelines – Elizabeth Campbell

Human Nature and the Power of Our Stories
Neuroscience and Relationships – Dr. Athena Staik

Coping, Fighting and Dealing with My Depression – It’s No Ballroom Dance
My Meddling Mind – Madison O’Sullivan

The M-Word
Practice, Practice, Practice – Kelli Hyland, M.D

Today is World Mental Health Day: Choosing a Therapist
Cries From Within – Joy

We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, Since ‘Mad Men’
Nourishing The Soul – Ashley…

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Welcome to the World Mental Health Day Blog Party.

Psych Central is proud to host the first blog party devoted to World Mental Health Day, October 10, 2011. Bloggers from around the world will come together on this day to help spread their stories and educate others about mental health concerns, decrease the prejudice and stigma that is often directed toward mental illness, and discuss things that help a person overcome their disorder or mental health concern.

Mental health or emotional health is a big component of our everyday life, yet it often is pushed down or minimized as something that doesn’t really matter. But it connects our thoughts, our feelings and behaviors together. When one of these things gets out of whack, so can our lives.

The World Health Organization (WHO) designated October 10 as World Mental Health Day to help spotlight the lack of care mental disorders often receive around the world. We hope to help increase awareness of these disorders and their treatment through hosting this blog party.

Post the “I’m Blogging for World Mental Health Day” badge on your blog and help proudly spread the word about the importance of mental health. Just copy and paste the badge code below into your post or blog:

How This Works

On October 10, we’ll update a new blog entry here with a list of all the blog posts related to increasing awareness or people’s understanding of treatment for mental health issues and concerns.

Your blog post can be about anything related to mental or emotional health, or its treatment. You can tell your story about how you first learned about your condition, and what kinds of challenges you faced to get treatment for it.

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