European Union - Fourteenth Report
Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 27 March 2007.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
FOREWORD—What this Report is about
Chapter 1: Setting the Scene
The purpose of our Inquiry
The human and economic costs of mental ill health
The WHO Helsinki Declaration and Action Plan
The European Commission Green Paper
The conduct of our Inquiry
Chapter 2: Defining mental well-being and mental health problems
The concept of mental well-being
The extent of mental health problems
Learning or intellectual disability
Chapter 3: The social and economic impact of mental health problems
Impacts on individuals
Impacts on families
Impacts on the health and social care system
Impacts on the wider society and economy
Summary of impacts
Chapter 4: The added value of an EU mental health strategy
What an EU strategy would set out to achieve
How the EU's role differs from that of the WHO
Chapter 5: Human rights issues
Human rights issues in the mental health field
Deinstitutionalisation
Compulsory treatment
Community care
Table 1: Human rights legislation of relevance to mental health issues
Table 2: Four aspects of mental health where human rights legislation is of relevance
Chapter 6: Social exclusion, stigma and discrimination
Social exclusion—the challenge
Social exclusion—need for action
Stigma and discrimination
Action to tackle negative attitudes and discrimination
Employment problems
Action to address employment problems
Table 3: Suggestions by Professor Thornicroft (Consultant psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust) for actions needed to form a strategy for mental health
Chapter 7: Promotion and prevention
Mental health promotion and prevention
Examples of good practice
Sharing good practice
Chapter 8: Mental health issues for population subgroups
Children and adolescents
Older people
Ethnicity
Women
Chapter 9: Setting minimum standards or promoting principles
Variations
Minimum standards or guiding principles?
Sharing good practice
Chapter 10: Information needs
Statistics on mental health systems
Information on policy and practice
Research
Sharing good practice
Chapter 11: Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 1—Setting the scene
Chapter 2—Defining mental well-being and mental health problems
Chapter 3—The social and economic impact of mental health problems
Chapter 4—The added value of an EU mental health strategy
Chapter 5—Human rights issues
Chapter 6—Social exclusion, stigma and discrimination
Chapter 7—Promotion and prevention
Chapter 8—Mental health issues for population subgroups
Chapter 9—Setting minimum standards or promoting principles
Chapter 10—Information needs
Appendix 1: Sub-Committee G (Social Policy and Consumer Affairs)
Appendix 2: List of Witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: WHO Mental Health Action Plan for Europe Facing the Challenges, Building Solutions
Appendix 5: Recent Reports
List of Oral Evidence
Thursday 6 July 2006
Thursday 20 July 2006
Thursday 19 October 2006
Thursday 2 November 2006
Thursday 23 November 2006
Thursday 30 November 2006
Thursday 7 December 2006
Thursday 14 December 2006
Written Evidence
NOTE: References in the text of the Report are as
follows:
(Q) refers to a question in the oral evidence
(p) refers to a page of written evidence
The Report of the Committee is published in Volume
I (HL Paper 73-I) and the Evidence is published in Volume II (HL
Paper 73-II)
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