We celebrate National Mental Health Week every second week of October pursuant to Proclamation No. 452, signed by former President Fidel V. Ramos in 1994. This coincides with the observance of World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10.

In the U.S., however, May 2021 was proclaimed National Mental Health Awareness Month by U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr., taking into account “the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis [that] has impacted the mental health of millions of Americans.”