Helpful Insights forPatients and Caregivers

AAPP's membership consists of psychiatric pharmacy practitioners, residents, fellows, and students who are dedicated to helping people living with mental health disorders. We share these national and international days as a way to raise awareness of mental health and the role pharmacists can play.

January

Mental Wellness Month

National Pharmacist Day (Jan. 12)

No Name Calling Week (Jan. 18-22)

February

Children’s Mental Health Week (Feb. 1-7)

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Feb. 23-Mar. 1)

March

Self Harm Awareness Month

National Drugs and Alcohol Facts Week (Mar. 22-28)

Self-Injury Awareness Day (Mar. 1)

World Bipolar Day (Mar. 30)

International Transgender Day of Visibility (Mar. 31)

April

Alcohol Awareness Month

Stress Awareness Month

National Autism Awareness Month

World Autism Awareness Day (Apr. 2)

National Alcohol Screening Day (Apr. 23)

May

Mental Health Month

National Mental Health Counseling Week (May 6-12)

World Maternal Mental Health Day (May 6)

National Children's Mental Health Day (May 7)

National Maternal Depression Awareness Month

National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week (May 18-23)

June

National PTSD Awareness Month

LGBTQ+ Pride Month

National PTSD Awareness Day (June 27)

July

Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

International Self Care Day (July 24)

September

Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month

National Recovery Month

National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 5-11)

World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10)

World Pharmacist Day (Sept. 25)

October

American Pharmacist Month

National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month

ADHD Awareness Month

Bullying Prevention Month

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 3-9)

OCD Awareness Week (Oct. 10-16)

National Pharmacy Week (Oct. 17-23)

National Depression Screening Day (Oct. 7)

World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)

National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11)

Women Pharmacist Day (Oct. 12)

National Stop Bullying Day (Oct. 13)

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (Oct. 15)

National Pharmacy Technician Day (Oct. 20)

November

Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 13-21)

International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day (Nov. 20)