Book Details
Orange Code:56717
Paperback:194 pages
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Sections:
1. Mental health in Europe – The context2. Main issues and challenges3. Mental Health Declaration for Europe4. Mental Health Action Plan for Europe5. Mental health services in Europe: the treatment gap6. Stigma and discrimination against the mentally ill in Europe7. Mental health promotion and mental disorder prevention8. Mental health and working life9. Alcohol and mental health10. Suicide prevention11. Mental health of children and adolescents12. Access to good primary care in mental health13. Mental health care in community-based services14. Human resources and training for mental health15. Mental health legislation16. Empowerment and mental health advocacy17. The economics of mental health in Europe18. Mental health information and research19. The way forward
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The Member States in the WHO European Region met at the WHO European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health in Helsinki in January 2005 to tackle one of the major threats to the well-being of Europeans: the epidemic of psychosocial distress and mental ill health. These countries took mental health from the shadow of stigma and discrimination and brought it to the centre of the public health policy arena. By adopting the Mental Health Declaration and Action Plan for Europe, they set the course for mental health policy for the next 5-10 years.
Member States now face the challenge of acting on the principles of the Declaration and accomplishing the goals in the Action Plan's 12 areas of work. This book contributes to the achievement of this task by describing the current situation in the Region, presenting the texts of the Declaration and Action Plan, offering brief discussions of the areas of work (with examples of initiatives already underway in each) and describing WHO's plans to assist Member States in improving mental health in the European Region.
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