Overview:
World Stress Awareness Week highlights the impact of stress on physical and mental health while promoting healthy coping strategies. It encourages supportive environments that foster psychological well-being, improve quality of life, and enhance productivity in workplaces and communities.
Objectives:
- Raise awareness of the effects of stress on physical and mental health.
- Promote healthy coping strategies to reduce the impact of stress and prevent its complications.
- Encourage supportive environments that enhance mental well-being and resilience.
Facts:
- Long-term stress can weaken the immune system and contribute to digestive problems, sleep disorders, headaches, depression, anxiety, heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes.
- In 2022, the number of people living with anxiety disorders increased by 26%.
- Women are affected by anxiety disorders more frequently than men.
- Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health conditions worldwide, affecting approximately 301 million people in 2019.
Official Date:
Globally: June 3rd–11th, 2026.
Locally: Dhu al-Hijjah 17th–25th, 1447H.