A new Framework for Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing
by JM Caldas de Almeida, Coordinator, EU Joint Action Mental Health and Wellbeing
The EU Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing was launched in 2013 to champion mental health as a European public health priority and to develop tools to support Member States in improving conditions for the prevention, diagnosis and care of mental disorders in their countries.
The Final Conference of the Joint Action, held in Brussels on 21-22 January 2016, presented the opportunity to discuss progress made over the past three years and to hold a debate on the Framework for Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing, the most important outcome of this initiative.
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