For educators: In this sections you find informations on mental health and its relation to SDGs you can read the text below to familise yourself with the issue. Also you find teaching materials to copy for your course in canvas as the below video.

Mental Health and SDGs

The SDGs call on countries, by 2030, to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by a third through prevention and treatment and to promote mental health and well-being (target 3.4, indicator 3.4.2). They ask nations to strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol (target 3.5, indicators 3.5.1, 3.5.2). And, they call for universal health coverage (target 3.8, indicators 3.8.1, 3.8.2), which mental health is part of.

Mental disorders affect different layers of societies, and, while not clearly recognised in the SDGs, mental health intersects with and affects most of the other SDGs.

Video: Global mental health

View the video presented by Fredrik Wickström, MD, Msc on global mental health

For your students to do: After viewing the above video please discuss questions in the next page the