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World Mental Health Day is celebrated on 10th October every year. Read this World Mental Health Day Quiz article to know more. This idea of World Mental Health Day was coined and Initiated by Deputy Secretary General Richard Hunter, It was first celebrated in the year 1992. Until 1994, the day had no specific theme. The main motive of World Mental Health Day is to create awareness of mental health issues worldwide and to offer and take the initiative to support mental health. Know Quiz on World Mental Health Day.

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• Which Organisation initiated the idea to celebrate World Mental Health Day?

1. World Federation For Mental Health
2. Asiatic Union of Health
3. Shanghai Cooperation Organization
4. European Union

• When was the first World Mental Health Day Celebrated?

1. 1992
2. 1974
3. 1945
4. 1986

• Deputy Secretary General ______ initiated World Mental Health Day.

1. Richard Hunter
2. Antonio Williams
3. Robert James
4. Ben Cutting

• In which year was the concept of the theme introduced?

1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 1994
4. 1999

• Secretary _______ proposed the idea of a theme-based celebration of World Mental Health Day.

1. Eugene Brody
2. Richard Hunter
3. Adam Holmes
4. Mitchelle Larings

• What led to the rise in mental health issues in recent years?

1. Covid Pandemic
2. Floods
3. Climate change
4. Monkeypox

• There are ____ members in The World Federation for Mental Health.

1. 150
2. 20
3. 196
4. 98

• In recent years, WHO began a special initiative for mental health. Which year it is?

1. 2019
2. 2017
3. 2020
4. 2021

• How many countries will be covered under WHO’s special initiative drive? 

1. 19
2. 56
3. 18
4. 12

• Which of these countries are already identified by WHO for the special drive?

1. The United States of America, Bangladesh, India, United Arab Emirates
2. Bangladesh, Philippines, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia
3. Pakistan, Nigeria, Somalia, Sri Lanka
4. Ghana, Jordan, Ukraine, Paraguay 

• _____ is the most common mental health condition(s).

1. Anxiety
2. Depression
3. Both 1 & 2
4. None

• The cost escalation due to mental health-related issues rise up to  _____.

1. USD 1 Trillion each year.
2. USD 2 Trillion every 6 months.
3. USD 1 Trillion every 5 years.  
4. USD 1 Million every month.

• Governments all over the world spend around ____ of their health budget on mental health.

1. 2 percent
2. 50 percent
3. 15 percent
4. 37 percent

• World Mental Health Day is celebrated to?

1. Raise awareness about mental health
2. Support those who work in this domain
3. Both 1 & 2
4. None

• What was the World Mental Health Day theme in 1994?

1. Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services throughout the World
2. Making Mental Health and Wellbeing for all a Global Priority
3. The Psychological First Aid
4. Preventing Suicide 

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