About

Mental Health Awareness Week 

The Mental Health Foundation organises New Zealand's annual Mental Health Awareness Week under contract from the Ministry of Health. We have organised the week since 1993.

Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) is endorsed by the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) and marked in over 150 countries. It usually falls during the week of October that encompasses World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 10 October.

The New Zealand theme is chosen based on the WMHD theme, and adpated to suit a Kiwi audience.

WFMH is an international membership organisation founded in 1948 to advance, among all peoples and nations, the prevention of mental and emotional disorders, the proper treatment and care of those with such disorders, and the promotion of mental health.

The Federation is the only worldwide grassroots advocacy and public education organisation in the mental health field. Its membership includes mental health workers of all disciplines, consumers of mental health services, family members, and concerned.

Mental Health  Awareness Week 2012

Dates: 8-14 October

Theme: To be announced in the New Year