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16-10-2023 | Suicide | Editorial

Physician Heal Thyself: ‘Mental Health is a Universal Human Right’

Author: Geetha Balsarkar

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Issue 5/2023

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World mental health day is an important health awareness event celebrated every year on 10 October to create acceptance, awareness, healing and promote the importance of sound mental health in one's life and society. This day aims to educate people including physicians about the stigma of mental illness, and encouraging people around the world to support and help the cause, and establish a healthy environment in all aspects of life. …

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Title: Physician Heal Thyself: ‘Mental Health is a Universal Human Right’
Author: Geetha Balsarkar
Publication date: 16-10-2023
Publisher: Springer India
Keywords: Suicide
Suicide
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue 5/2023
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-023-01858-5

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