Mental Health Europe

There is no Health without Mental Health!  

Mental health is an essential part of any citizen's health and well being. As such, it is an essential component of communities. Good mental health is a basic human right. Factors that adversely affect mental health represent a major and growing threat to economic, social and public health in the world.

Welcome to Mental Health Europe.

This site provides you with:

• Up-to-date information with key challenges in mental health.
• Information on Mental Health Europe's mission and activities.
• Access to a network of organisations concerned by the state of mental health in Europe.

NEWS!            NEWS!            NEWS!            NEWS!            NEWS!      

Thursday 25 June 2009

The European Commission, DG Health and Consumers, has recently started to collate and publish online the statements of support for the European Pact for Mental Health and Well-being. Governments, organisations, individuals and key stakeholders with an interest on mental health and wellbeing are invited to send their statement to the Commission. To read MHE statement of support, please click here

Friday 29 May 2009

On 27 April 2009, Mental Health Europe participated in the Round Table event "Reducing the psychosocial impact of the financial and economic crisis", which was hosted by Commissioner for Health Ms Androulla Vassiliou and which was prepared in cooperation between DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities and DG Health and Consumers. MHE, represented  by Malgorzata Kmita, MHE president, presented  some recommendations  during this meeting. To read MHE recommendations, please click here.

Friday 8 May 2009

The seminar Mental Health and Gender:Key Issues for the European Pact For Mental Health and Well-being is organised by the SUPPORT project with DG-SANCO. This event is part of the implementation of the European Pact for Mental Health and Well-being.The event will take place on 13th May 2009 at the West Midlands in Europe Centre, Avenue D'Auderghem 22-26, Brussels. For more information, please click here.

For further information about this meeting please contact Chris O'Sullivan at chris@sdcmh.org.uk . To confirm your place at the event please contact Susan Lowes at susan@sdcmh.org.uk as soon as possible.

Thursday 7 May 2009

The report "From Exclusion to Inclusion -the Way Forward to Promoting Social Inclusion of People with Mental Health Problems" is now available in Spanish. To read the document in Spanish, please click here

KEY EVENTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH EUROPE MEMBERS ONLY!

CAPACITY BUILDING SEMINAR ON EMPOWERMENT AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The invitation for both events can be read here.

The 2009 MHE members' capacity building seminar will be held in Brussels on Friday 12 June 2009. Theme of the seminar is EMPOWERMENT of relevant stakeholders in the mental health field: mental health service users, mental health professionals, politicians and policy-makers. The agenda can be read here.

The agenda for the General Assembly to be held on Saturday 13 June is available here.

Please complete the attendance and hotelbooking form and return it to the MHE secretariat (info@mhe-sme.org) by 13 May 2009 at the latest if you are interested in participating in these events.

MHE will be able to help with the travel and accommodation expenses of around 60 MHE members. Make sure you're one of them and return the registration form as soon as possible!

Monday 4 May 2009

• Mental Health Europe launched its Manifesto for European Parliament elections calling for the promotion of mental health and well being of all European citizens and for some key principles to be focused on. To read MHE Manifesto in five languages, please click here
• The European Commission organises a conference on youth health Be healthy- Be yourself on 9-10 July 2009 in Brussels. The Commission set up a new website in youth friendly design which is going to be available in 22 languages from next week on. To read more about this event, please click here 

Monday 27 April 2009

The European Commission hosts a Round table "Reducing the psychosocial impact of the financial and economic crisis in Brussels, 27 April 2009. Please kindly confirm your participation to Monika.strey@ ec.europa.eu.To see the agenda of this Round table, click here

Friday 3 April 2009

MHE sent a letter to MEP from EPP Group call on them to adopt the European Parliament report on the directive proposal in the field of non discrimination beyond employment. To read the press release related to MHE letter, please click here

Tuesday 31 March 2009

On 31 March 2009, Mental Health Europe submitted its response to the Commission consultation on the communication "EU Action to reduce health inequalities".
This communication on health inequalities has been announced by the European Commission communication as a key initiative of the work programme 2009. Work on this Communication is being jointly led by the Directorates General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal opportunities (DG EMPL) and for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO), together with several other DGs.

To read the MHE response, please click here

Tuesday 17 March 2009

MHE sent an Open Letter to Members of the European Parliament in support of the written declaration on the protection of human rights in closed institutions