Painted Brain Media

Mental Health Awareness Calendar 2023

 

https://mhanational.org/mha-awareness-calendar-2023 

 

This is not a comprehensive list of all health observances that take place during the year. Note: Some links will be updated with new content closer to the awareness day / week / month.

January

  • Mental Wellness Month
person sits on floor with legs crossed between two children with legs also crossed in white room

February

  • Black History Month
  • Hearth Health Month
  • World Cancer Day (Feb. 4)
  • MHA Governor Awards / Regional Policy Council Meeting (Feb. 9)
  • Founding of Mental Health America Anniversary (Feb. 19)
  • Eating Disorders Awareness and Screening Week (Feb. 20-26)
large Black family prepares food around a table

March

  • Self-injury Awareness Day (Mar. 1)
  • MHA Hill Day (March 8)
  • International Grants Professionals Day (Mar. 10)
  • National Sleep Awareness Week (Mar. 12-18)
  • World Sleep Day (Mar. 17)
  • Brain Awareness Week (Mar. 13-19)
  • National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (Mar. 20-26)
  • National LGBT Health Awareness Week (Mar. 20-24)
  • World Bipolar Day (Mar. 30)
cat stretched out on its back sleeping

April

  • Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
  • BIPOC Health Month
  • National Arab American Heritage Month
  • Alcohol Awareness Month
  • Alcohol Screening Day (Apr. 6)
  • Casting of the Mental Health Bell Anniversary (Apr. 13)
  • GLSEN Day of Silence (Apr. 14)
  • Volunteer Week (Apr. 16-22)
3 women stand next to each other wearing hijabs and smiling

May

  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Women’s Health Month
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  • Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week (May 1-7)
  • Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week (May 7-13)
  • National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (May 11)
  • International Day of Women’s Health (May 28)
2 people sit in chairs across from each other in a therapy session

June

  • Pride Month
  • PTSD Awareness Month
  • Men’s Health Month
  • National Immigrant Heritage Month
  • MHA Policy Institute Day (June 6)
  • MHA Affiliate Day (June 7)
  • Multiracial Heritage Week (June 7-13)
  • MHA Annual Conference (June 8-10)
smiling person stands in front of rainbow

July

  • Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Month / BIPOC Mental Health Month
  • International Self-Care Day (July 24)
Portrait of Bebe Moore Campbell

August

  • Back-to-School
  • MHA Regional Policy Council Meeting (Aug. 15 – tentative)
  • National Grief Awareness Day (Aug. 30)
kids with backpacks on walking into a school

September

  • Recovery Month
  • National Suicide Prevention Month
  • Suicide Prevention Week (Sep. 10-16)
  • World Suicide Prevention Day (Sep. 10)
  • Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep. 15-Oct. 15)
woman does yoga on floor with child on her back

October

  • Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep. 15-Oct. 15)
  • ADHD Awareness Month
  • Depression Awareness Month
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • Anniversary of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
  • Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 1-7)
  • National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness (Oct. 3)
  • National Depression Screening Day (Oct. 5)
  • OCD Awareness Week (Oct. 8-14)
  • World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)
  • National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11)
Latino family stands with arms around each other

November

  • National Family Caregivers Month
  • National Diabetes Month
  • Native American Heritage Month
  • Transgender Awareness Week (Nov. 13-19)
  • International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day (Nov. 18)
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance (Nov. 20)
  • Giving Tuesday (November 28)
two hands grasp another hand

December

  • International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Dec. 3)
  • MHA Regional Policy Council Meeting (TBD)
Portrait of MHA Board of Directors