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Report on the European Mental Health Week
Plenary session 25 May 2023
Dear colleagues,
"Mentally Healthy Communities" is the theme of this year's European Mental Health Week, a Europe-wide initiative inspired by the non-governmental organisation Mental Health Europe. The aim of the fourth in a series of awareness-raising weeks, whose events started on 22 May and end on 28 May, is to raise awareness of mental health and foster empathy in every community: at school, at work, at home.
Nowadays the value of mental health in all areas of human life is recognised, but empathy and understanding of it is not always accurate and essential. Both the mentally ill and their family and friends still face stigma and discrimination, and seeking and receiving help and support remains a huge challenge.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Scientific and meaningful knowledge about mental health is an essential foundation for reducing prejudice and stigma, for the well-being of individuals personally, for building mentally healthy communities and for universal bliss at every stage of life. As the House of Representatives, we are committed to continuous monitoring of mental health policies, to promoting all necessary legislation and to effectively supporting the struggle of institutions and civil society on mental health issues: their struggle is our struggle.
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