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This year’s World Mental Health Day is focusing on conditions at work, the management of stress, inclusion, and opportunity. The overall aim is to raise awareness of the importance of mental health at work, promote best working policies and practices, and create workplace cultures in which all employees can feel valued and appreciated.
The Plot: Hadi Al-Amaery, a Syrian refugee in London has taken to the woods after being the victim of a corner shop robbery gone wrong. There, under a blanket of stars and in the shadow of a warming fire he faces his past self who experienced the war back in Syria and the persona of the refugee he consequently became after his arrival. The dying embers of Hadi Al-Amaery are newly stoked by the raging fire in his heart.
The global number of suicide deaths each year is approximately 700,000. That amounts to about one percent of all deaths. On average it means there is a suicide every 45 seconds. It is a jaw dropping statistic. In England and Wales, there are about 5,500 deaths from suicide each year.
Mental health is very similar to physical health. It’s just that a lot of the time it’s more difficult to recognize symptoms of anxiety, for example, because they’re not as obvious as a broken leg or a streaming cold.
