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Mental Health and well-being

European wide, it is estimated that at least one third of the adult population has experienced mental health problems during the last year, being anxiety, depression, psychoses or eating disorder .

EPHA presents here policies that support good mental health and well-being, in addition to initiatives that prevent depression and suicide and that raise awareness on population at risk.

We also highlight the need for self-development and opportunities for fulfilment, including leisure and cultural activities as part of well-being.

About: mental health , well being , youth , workplace , education

10/04/2013

EU Mental Health Compass update: economic analysis of workplace mental health promotion and disorders prevention

Mental health disorders impose significant barriers for the EU realising its policy objectives for improved public health and recovered economic growth. But what is the estimated contribution good mental health can add to EU economy? What numbers are to convince policy-makers and employers to invest in mental health promotion and mental disorders prevention actions? This Economic Analysis of Workplace Programmes gives answers to these questions. After launch of the Joint Action on Mental (...)
About : health economics , mental health , social policy , well being , workplace
5/04/2013

Unremitting smoking rates among people with mental health conditions in the UK

According to "Smoking and Health", the latest report published by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, smoking in mental health patients is being neglected by the UK National Health Service, which results in a deterioration of the patients’ quality of life and in a substantial increase of healthcare costs. The joint report produced by the Royal College of Physicians, an EPHA member, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists on Smoking and Mental (...)
About : Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , Chronic Diseases , environment , Health Inequalities , mental health , prevention , promotion , tobacco and smoking
29/03/2013

Health Commissioner Tonio Borg - EU Commission takes gender dimension and men’s health into account on its policies

The seminar hosted by Christel Schaldemose (S & D, DK) focused on men’s health as a vital public health issue. Health Commissioner Tonio Borg highlighted the importance of reducing health inequalities and explained how the Commission takes into account the gender dimension within its policies to improve men’s health. He stressed that prevention of diseases is much more cost effective than the cure. The résumé of the event is available here Background information On 25 (...)
About : Economic crisis , employment , European Men’s Health Forum , Gender Issues , Health Inequalities , mental health , prevention , social determinants of health , vulnerable groups , women health
27/02/2013

EPHA Report on the Impact of the Crisis on the Population Mental Health

Economic crises such as the one Europe has been going through since late 2007 have a considerable impact on the society as a whole. Sky-rocking unemployment, the use and abuse of unhealthy substances, and mental illnesses are just some of the areas EPHA looked at in its just-released "Report on the impact of the crisis on the population mental health". “The economic crisis should not turn into a health crisis”, John Dalli, ex EU Commissioner in charge of health and consumer (...)
About : Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , Economic crisis , employment , environment , Health Inequalities , mental health , prevention , promotion , well being
4/11/2012

European Economic and Social Committee advocates for 2014 to be the European Year on Mental Health

On 30 October, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised a public hearing to discuss the body’s initiative to set 2014 as the European year of mental health. Considering the impact the current economic climate has on the population’s mental health and well-being, there is a clear need to raise awareness on this topic. The hearing was divided in two sessions. The first one provided participants with an overview of the situation of mental health in Europe along (...)
About : Chronic Diseases , Health Inequalities , health promotion , Health-promoting environment , mental health , well being
29/09/2012

Preventing suicide, the WHO supports governments in acting against this collective responsibility

15 years after the UN publication “Prevention of Suicide: Guidelines for the formulation and implementation of national strategies”, the WHO issued a new report based on evidence gathered since 2006 aims at assisting governments in developing strategies for the prevention of suicide. EPHA summarises the report below. Suicide is one of the three principal causes of death among people aged 15 to 44 years old. While it represented 1.8% of the total disease burden in 1998, this (...)
About : Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , Ageing and Older People , Health Inequalities , mental health , prevention , promotion , Social Issues , vulnerable groups , well being
30/08/2012

Rio + 20 - Wins and losses for public health

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) on 20-22 June 2012 marked the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The Conference focused on two themes: (a) the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and (b) the institutional framework for sustainable (...)
About : Access to Medicines , beyond-GDP , Chronic Diseases , Civil Society , Development and Health , global health , Health professionals , mental health
21/08/2012

Save the date! Setting standards - discussing health inequalities in the context of the European Year of Citizens, November 13, Brussels

This hearing, hosted by Hungarian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Kinga Göncz (S&D), will discuss inclusive citizenship from the viewpoint of homeless people with mental health problems. Centred on free movement, the discourse around the European Year of Citizens fails to acknowledge the deep inequalities still present in EU Member States, such as health inequalities. Raising awareness of the discrimination and lack of access to health care often experienced by this group, the (...)
About : Civil Society , European Parliament , Health Inequalities , housing , mental health , poverty and health , Social Issues
11/07/2012

EPHA Press Release: MEPs lead urgent plea from health community to prevent health crisis in Europe

Ahead of the European Summit of June (28-29), leading Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) joined a broad coalition of organisations warning European leaders to act urgently to prevent Europe from a health crisis.

About : Austerity , discrimination , Economic crisis , economic policies , employment , equality , Europe 2020 , exclusion , financial , Fundamental Rights , health economics , Health Inequalities , Health professionals , health system , Healthcare services , mental health , poverty and health , social inclusion , taxation , vulnerable groups , well being
25/06/2012

EPHA Press Release: “The economic crisis should not turn into a health crisis” – John Dalli, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection

On June 6th 2012 the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) held a day-long conference entitled ’’Restructuring health systems: How to promote health in times of austerity?’’ The debate, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), brought together for a first time more than 20 speakers (1) from all across Europe’s health professions, experts and civil society along with several institutional actors (2) and an audience of around 200 people in an (...)
About : discrimination , Economic crisis , economic policies , equality , Europe 2020 , exclusion , financial , Fundamental Rights , health economics , Health Inequalities , Health professionals , health system , Healthcare services , mental health , poverty and health , social inclusion , taxation , vulnerable groups , well being

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