Multidisciplinary Training Programme - Austria (test)

📚 Recommended Reading List

This reading list contains links to EU-Commission documents on the “comprehensive approach to mental health”, overarching European initiative which is structured around three core principles: prevention, access to quality and affordable care, and reintegration into society after recovery. The EU-PROMENS, capacity building in mental health project represents one of the 20 flagships and is implemented through a tripartite consortium from GFA, TRIMBOS and MHE.

Please find in the following links to European country profiles, guidelines from World Health Organization, especially focused on Community Mental Health services for your convenience and inspiration.

Sustainability: To make this exchange programme a sustainable endeavour, we invite all participants to engage in a dedicated community of practice on the European platform for adult learning - EPALE. Once registered on this free platform, you have access to a variety of different learning offers from various other projects from all over Europe too.

Here is the reading list, click on the title to collapse:

EU - Commission website: Comprehensive approach to mental health

A comprehensive approach to mental health - European Commission (europa.eu)

EU - Commission best practices portal

Best practices Portal (europa.eu)

European member states health systems country data profiles - including mental health (2023)

Hope Country profiles - Hope

Country profiles focused on mental health reform via European Joint Action Ja-IMPLEMENTAL including best practices on suicide prevention and mental health country reform status

Country Profiles – JA ImpleMENTAL (ja-implemental.eu)

WHO Resolutions on mental health

WHO MiNDbank - A database of resources covering mental health substance abuse disability general health human rights and development

EU-PROMENS Community of Practice through the EPALE platform

EU-PROMENS Community of Practice

OECD 2021 Benchmark for Mental Health Systems

A New Benchmark for Mental Health Systems | OECD

2023 Mapping of over 800 services and initiatives from Culture for Health initiative - all over Europe

Projects - Cultureforhealth.eu

WHO website with publications and guidelines on Community mental health services available in many languages

Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches (who.int)

Nature paper on Grand challenges in Global Mental health 2011