Press Release: Mental health: Commission adopts Green Paper on illness affecting 1 in four adults

The European Commission on 17 October 2005 adopted a Green Paper on Mental Health to tackle mental illnesses which now affect over one in four adults in the European Union. The Green Paper, aimed to launch a public consultation on how better to tackle mental illness and promote mental well-being in the EU. The Commission was planning to initiate a wide ranging debate on the issue, to highlight the importance of mental well-being and to examine how best to develop a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health.

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European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/377, EU-funded research on Mental Health, 17.10.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/377&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/05/637, Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union, 21.10.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/637&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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