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Every Mind Matters: Mental Health Day, 2019 - 40 seconds of Action

World Mental Health Day 2019: Suffering from a mental illness has always been stigmatized in the society and those people suffering from these problems have always been frowned upon by the society. Even with awareness mental health mental health is complex. Without awareness, the situation can go completely out of hand! India has first adopted its first Mental Health Act in July 2017. The law protects the rights of mental ill people and also their dignity and privacy through the period of their treatment. However, this Mental Health Act did not make any provisions for mental health awareness at the workplace (as said by  Vibha Setlur, practising advocate in Bengaluru and Co-founder of LegalChap.com) Mental illness is never considered as serious a condition as physical ailments and on this day efforts are made to provide support and show the importance of psychological support which are pragmatic to play a helpful role by people by people who are health staff...