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We need easier access, more affordable mental health services
['Guardian Media Newsroom']
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In that time, mental health and coping with mental illnesses evolved as a leading discourse.
Everyone has mental health and like physical health, at any time, given the triggers, anyone may have periods of mental illness or disorder – short-term or long-term.
As we approach the observance of World Mental Health Day (October 10), the 2025 theme “Access to Services- Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies” may not seem as relevant because we live in a peaceful jurisdiction.
But the grief of inadequate and unaffordable services and not having appropriate solutions to deal with day-to-day mental health issues should not be discounted.
People need easy and affordable access to mental health support to cope with the stresses of life and to recover and heal where mental illness is present.