Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week takes place in the UK from 13th-19th May 2019.
Since its first Mental Health Awareness Week back in 2001, it has raised awareness of topics like stress, relationships, loneliness, sleep, alcohol and friendship. This year’s theme is focusing on ‘body image’ – how we think and feel about our bodies.
According to the Mental Health Foundation, last year, approximately 30% of all adults felt so stressed by body image and appearance that they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. That’s almost 1 in every 3 people.
Body image issues can affect all of us at any age and directly impact our mental health. However, there is still a lack of much-needed research and understanding around the topic.
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, the Mental Health Foundation says it will:
- Publish the results of a UK-wide survey on body image and mental health.
- Look at body image issues across a lifetime – including how it affects children and young people, adults and people in later life.
- Highlight how people can experience body image issues differently, including people of different ages, genders, ethnicities and sexualities.
- Use its research to continue campaigning for positive change and publish practical tools to help improve the nation’s relationship with their bodies.
For more information on how you can get involved, check out: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/
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