Within the framework of a workshop entitled "Mental Hygiene", organized by the Centre for Educational and Psychological Counseling, Faculty of Education, Assiut University celebrated the International Day for Mental Hygiene. The Dean of the Faculty of Education indicated that the workshop coincides with the World celebrations of the World Mental Hygiene normally organized by the WHO on the 10th of October to promote the public awareness of mental hygiene issues. He also indicated that the workshop handled a number of other key themes such as: the impact of mental hygiene on social, economic, biological, and ecological factors. Besides, it also addressed other issues related to psychic disorders and social pressures, poverty indicators and psychic problems, risks of violence and violations of human rights, in addition to analyses of some biological factors causing mental disorders including genetic factors and the imbalance chemical substances in the brain.