The European Commission has adopted the Communication on “A comprehensive approach on Mental Health” on the 7th June. The mental health topic has become on par with physical health through the pubblication of 20 flagship initiatives and €1.23 billion in funding from different financial instruments.
Rapid technological, environmental, and societal changes have greatly affected some people’s ability to cope. As such, the EU will take a holistic approach to mental health, based on the guiding principles
- adequate and effective prevention
- access to high quality and affordable mental healthcare and treatment
- reintegration into society after recovery
The factors affecting people’s mental health are varied and need to be looked at from across all policy areas. Therefore, the EU’s approach will be wide in scope, and will include efforts to:
- European Mental Health Capacity Building Initiative
- European Depression and Suicide Prevention Initiative
- Healthier Together initiative – strengthen the mental health strand
- Access gate for people experiencing mental health issues
- European Code for Mental Health
- Developing joint ecosystem for brain research
- Child and youth mental health network
- “Child Health 360: prevention toolkit”
- Youth First Flagship
- Healthy Screens, Healthy Youth
- Protecting victims of crime
- Cancer mission: platform for young cancer survivors
- EU-level initiative on the psychosocial risks
- EU workplace campaigns
- Initiative for more and better trained professionals in the EU
- Technical support for mental health reforms across several sectors
- Gathering data on mental health
- Tackling stigma and discrimination
- Mental health support for Ukraine’s displaced and affected people
- Supporting the dissemination of the Inter Agency Standing Committee Minimum Service Package on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
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