10 October is World Mental Health Day, which was first proclaimed by the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH) in 1991, to raise awareness and public awareness of mental health issues worldwide. Every year, mental health organisations present their work in mental health care and point to needs and trends in this area.
This year's World Mental Health Day is thematically devoted to highlighting the fundamental link between mental health and work. A safe and healthy working environment can act as a protection factor for mental health. Unhealthy conditions, including stigmatisation, discrimination and exposure to risks such as harassment and other poor working conditions, can pose significant risks affecting mental health, overall quality of life and consequently productivity at work. Given that 60% of the world's population is working, urgent action is needed to ensure that mental health is protected and promoted in the working environment.
Leading Slovak mental health experts, in cooperation with other partners, have therefore come up with a unique project of "Wishliness" which returns positive energy, humanity, belonging and mutual encouragement and support to everyday life. The initiator of the project is OZ The path to mental health, which is established by the Psychiatric clinic of the Faculty of Medicine UK and UNB and the gestor of the project is doc. MUDr. Ľubomíra Izáková, PhD., chief Psychiatric clinic of the Faculty of Medicine Comenius University and at the same time the main specialist of MZ SR for psychiatry and co-founder of OZ Road to mental health.

The Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic has been involved in the project "Wishhouses" as a gestor of mental health care reform, with the aim of improving the working atmosphere of employees and educating mental health care, as the stigmatisation of mental diseases is constantly prevailing in society. Statistical data confirm mental health problems in 12% of Slovak citizens. For this reason, not only professional help but also prevention of mental illness and awareness-raising about mental health are important. Links to helplines were also placed at wish trees for all those who need it and want to seek professional help. This way together we created a place full of positivity thanks to the encouraging messages that people wrote and placed on the Tree of Wish. After his work at the Ministry of Health, the Wish Tree was gradually moved to the Ministry of Government of the Slovak Republic, Comenius University and other institutions or other companies.
Milestone in mental health care is the government of the Slovak Republic approved by the National Mental Health Programme and the Action Plan of the National Mental Health Programme for 2024-2030. This strategic program focuses on the development of mental health care system in Slovakia on the principle of system, holistic and above-sectoral approach to mental health issues. This includes a number of measures whose implementation is intended to lead to systemic but mainly sustainable changes. The aim is to provide humane, modern and accessible care for all residents of the Slovak Republic. Conditions, mechanisms, measures and tools to promote mental health at individual, community and population level are planned and regulated by 2030.