MHA awareness calendar 2026

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.

• Mental Wellness Month

• Black History Month
• American Heart Month
• World Cancer Day (Feb. 4)
• Founding of Mental Health America anniversary (Feb. 19)
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Feb. 23-Mar. 1)

• Self-injury Awareness Day (Mar. 1)
• National Sleep Awareness Week (Mar. 8-14)
• World Sleep Day (Mar. 13)
• International Grants Professionals Day (Mar. 13)
• National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week (Mar. 16-20)
• Brain Awareness Week (Mar. 16-22)
• World Bipolar Day (Mar. 30)
• International Transgender Day of Visibility (Mar. 31)

• Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
• BIPOC Health Month
• National Arab American Heritage Month
• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Autism Month
• National Alcohol Screening Day (Apr. 9)
• GLSEN Day of (No) Silence (Apr. 10)

• Mental Health Month founded by Mental Health America
• Women’s Health Month
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week (May 4-10)
• Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week (May 4-10)
• National Day of Prayer (May 7)
• National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (May 7)
• International Day of Action for Women’s Health (May 28)

• Pride Month
• PTSD Awareness Month
• Men’s Health Month
• National Immigrant Heritage Month
• Juneteenth (June 19)

• Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
• International Self-Care Day (July 24)

• National Grief Awareness Day (Aug. 30)

• Recovery Month
• National Suicide Prevention Month
• Suicide Prevention Week (Sep. 6-12)
• World Suicide Prevention Day (Sep. 10)
• Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep. 15-Oct. 15)

• 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 (Oct. 3)
• Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 4-10)
• National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding (Oct. 6)
• National Depression Screening Day (Oct. 8)
• World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)
• National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11)
• OCD Awareness Week (Oct. 12-18)
• Global Peer Support Celebration Day (Oct. 15)

• National Family Caregivers Month
• National Diabetes Month
• Native American Heritage Month
• Transgender Awareness Week (Nov. 13-19)
• Transgender Day of Remembrance (Nov. 20)
• International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day (Nov. 21)

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Dec. 3)