Promoting the Mental Health of Population

Promoting the Mental Health of Population

"Promoting the Mental Health of the Population. Towards a Strategy on Mental health for the European Union" There is now an increasing interest in the mental health of the EU-population, and a strong political commitment for action in this field. This is why the European Commission decided to present a Green paper "Promoting the Mental Health of the Population. Towards a Strategy on Mental health for the European Union". The document outlines the relevance of mental health for some of the EU's strategic policy objectives (prosperity, solidarity and social justice, quality of life of citizens), proposes the development of a strategy on mental health at Community-level and identifies its possible priorities.
The European Commission invites European institutions, Governments, health professionals, stakeholders in other sectors, civil society including patient organisations, and the research community to communicate their views on this document and the questions raised in its section 8.
Contributions in the context of this consultation process should be sent to the Commission by 31 May 2006, on the following ways:
a) by email to address "mailto:mental-health@cec.eu.int" mental-health@cec.eu.int, or:
b) by post mail to the following address:European CommissionDirectorate-general for Health and Consumer ProtectionUnit C/2 "Health Information"L-2920 Luxembourg
Contributions received will be published on this website, unless requests not to do so have explicitly been made.
In late 2006, the Commission intends to present its analysis of the responses received together with, if appropriate, its proposal and/or initiatives for a strategy"