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.
  
  

MHE is organising its annual Conference "Challenging Poverty – Creating Hope-Breaking the cycle of poverty and mental health problems" on 22-23 October 2010 in Brussels.
Registration form and diverse information including the Conference programme are available HERE

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MHE Annual Conference 2010-NEW webpage! (20 August 2010)

MHE is organising its annual Conference "Challenging Poverty-Creating Hope-Breaking the cycle of poverty and mental health problems" in Brussels on 22-23 October 2010. Registration form and diverse information including the Conference programme are available here

MHE National Focal Points trainings 2010: material now available online (14 July 2010)

Mental Health Europe organized a session of five National Focal Point Trainings in the first half of 2010. Documents related to this session are now available on this webpage.

DAPHNE Project "Violence against women at work...Let's talk about it!": Booklet versions available (9/07/2010)

MHE published a Booklet on the theme of violence against women in the work place. This booklet is now available in the eight languages of the project on this webpage

Press release on EU Belgian Presidency (1/07/2010)

MHE welcomes the EU Belgian Presidency launch and reminds of its commitments towards mental health and well being through a press release sent today. To read the press released sent by MHE, please click here.

Position paper on Mental Health in Older People (28/06/2010)

MHE published a position paper on Mental Health in Older People on the occasion of the third thematic Conference implementing the European Pact for Mental Health and Well-Being, taking place in Madrid on 28-29 June 2010. To read MHE position on this issue, please click here

Press release on EU 2020 Strategy: poverty target and disability (16/06/2010)

MHE sent two separate letters to Heads of State and governements in order to support the approval of a poverty target in the EU 2020 Strategy and to encourage the Heads of State to adopt mainstreaming disability measures in the Strategy during the European Council, taking place on 17-18 June 2010. To read the press release related, please click here

DAPHNE Project "Violence against women at work...Let's talk about it!": Booklet available (7/06/2010)

MHE published a Booklet on the theme of violence against women in the work place. To read this Booklet, please click here

Letter of Support for European Year of Combating Violence against Women (19/05/2010)

MHE sent a letter to MEPs in support of the establishment of an European Year of Combating Violence against Women.
The Written Declaration 20/2010 re. the European Year is co-signed by MEPs from the majority of the European political groups: Barbara Matera (EPP), Marije Cornelissen (Greens/ALE), Ilda Figueiredo (GUE), Antonyia Parvanova (ALDE) and Marc Tarabella (S&D). To read the Written Declaration, please click here. To visualise the poster related, please click here.

Statement on the UN Convention on the rights of Persons with Disabilities (14/04/2010)

MHE had a meeting with the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang and presented several issues linked to the rights protected in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. To read MHE presentation, please click here.

MHE Annual Conference "CHALLENGING POVERTY - CREATING HOPE. BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS"(22/01/2010)

MHE is organising its annual Conference in Brussels on 22-23 October 2010. The theme of this Conference focuses on CHALLENGING POVERTY - CREATING HOPE. BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. To see the first announcement and call for contributions, please click here. More information will be available on this website and in MHE Newsletter.