2025 World Mental Health Day

The objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilise efforts in support of mental health.  

World Mental Health Day provides an opportunity for community members and people working in mental health to talk about the importance of mental health, and what more needs to be done to make access to mental health care a reality for people worldwide.  

This year, Mental Health Australia’s theme for World Mental Health Day is Connect with your community.   

Connecting with our communities – the people and places where we feel safe, seen and heard – can help us feel cared for and supported, which is good for our mental health.  

A community can take any shape. Community can mean:

• friends, loved ones, your mob
• multicultural centre
• community choir
• community garden
• book club
• running group
• local volunteer group
• LGBTQIA+ group

At home, work, school, in the community or online, on 10 October, Mental Health Australia encourages everyone to have conversations about mental health, reduce stigma, reach out for support – and connect with our communities.

This year, Mental Health Australia is also encouraging community members to engage with their elected representative. Now more than ever, we need visible, courageous leadership to show that mental health matters. It’s easy – we’ve done the hard work for you.