📚 Recommended Reading List
This reading list contains links to European Commission documents on the “Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health,” an EU strategic initiative built around three core principles: Prevention, Access to quality and affordable care, and Reintegration into society after recovery. You will also find profiles of European countries and WHO guidelines, with a particular focus on community mental health services.
EU — Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health (European Commission)
Country Profiles and Reforms
WHO Resources
Community, Benchmarks, and Other References
- EU-PROMENS Community of Practice (EPALE)
- OECD — A New Benchmark for Mental Health Systems (2021)
- Culture for Health — Mapping of 800+ Services and Initiatives
- Nature (2011) — Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) — European Commission
- Mental Health Europe — Glossary
- EU Drugs Agency — Best Practices Portal
- European Alliance Against Depression
- EUnetHTA — European Health Technology Assessment
Below you will find links to European country profiles and WHO guidelines, with particular attention to community mental health services, for your consultation and inspiration.
Sustainability: To make this exchange program a sustainable initiative, we encourage all participants to join a dedicated community of practice on the European Adult Learning platform — EPALE. Once registered on this free platform, you will have access to a variety of learning opportunities, including resources from many other projects across Europe.
Here is the reading list: click on a title to expand or collapse:
EU — European Commission site: Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health
A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health — European Commission
EU — European Commission Good Practices Portal
Profiles of European Health Systems — including Mental Health (2023)
Country Profiles focused on Mental Health Reform via the EU Joint Action JA-IMPLEMENTAL, including Suicide Prevention Best Practices
WHO Resolutions on Mental Health
EU-PROMENS Community of Practice on EPALE
OECD 2021 Benchmark for Mental Health Systems
2023 Mapping of 800+ Services and Initiatives from the Culture for Health Initiative Across Europe
WHO site with publications and guidelines on Community Mental Health Services available in multiple languages
Nature Article on Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health (2011)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the European Commission site (CRPD ratified by the EU in 2010)
Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021–2030