New web portal on workplace health promotion

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) has launched a new web portal on ‘National forums: Platforms for exchange and co-operation in European Workplace Health Promotion’. The creation of the portal is part of the ENWHP’s strategy...

Policy framework for improving mental health in Europe

A WHO European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health “Facing the Challenges, Building Solutions” was held in Helsinki on 12-15 January 2005. Organised in partnership with the European Union and the Council of Europe, it brought together health ministers...

‘An ABC to Beat The Big Blue’

A European wide study funded by the European Commission will recommend a set of vital steps to tackle one of the most common contemporary health conditions affecting up to one in ten European citizens – Depression, known as “The Big Blue”. Project...

Survey of mental health status in Europe

A Eurobarometer Survey published by the European Commission in April 2003 indicates that almost a quarter of those questioned reported mental health problems, that practical help was difficult to obtain and there is often little or limited social support for...