Mental Health Week is an annual national awareness event held every year to coincide with World Mental Health Day, which is held on 10 October each year.

Mental Health Week aims to raise awareness of the importance of mental health and wellbeing in the wider community.

Local and regional Mental Health Week events organised by local groups and communities adds to the ongoing process of enlightenment about the nature of mental illness and the achievability of good mental health.

Dates for 2011

• Mental Health Week: 9-15 October 2011
• World Mental Health Day: 10 October 2011
• Mental Health Achievement Awards: 14 October 2011