Green Paper on Mental Health consultation First thematic meetings Luxembourg, 16-17 January 2006

Group “Dialogue with Member States”

• Draft agenda
• List of participants

and

Group “EU-Platform on Mental Health” - Subgroup “Interface between research and policy”

• Draft agenda
• List of participants

Reports about the meetings :

• Group “Dialogue with Member States”
• Group “EU-Platform on Mental Health”
  The report from the EU-Platform on Mental Health is a draft version, which will be developed further in the course of consultation meetings.
• Subgroup “Interface between research and policy”

Working documents for the meetings:

• Steering paper
• Background sheet: Building mental health in infants, children and adolescents
• Background sheet: Promoting mental health in the working population
• Background sheet: Promoting mental health in older people
• Background sheet: Targeting vulnerable groups in society
• Background sheet: Preventing depression
• Background sheet: Targeting Alcohol and Drugs
• Background sheet: Preventing suicide

Contributions:

Day 1. Monday 16th January

I. Opening session (Plenary session)

• Promotion and prevention: a responsibility for society
  Dr John Henderson, Mental Health Europe
• Promotion and Prevention: situation, challenges and approaches- results from the IMHPA-country stories report, Dr Peter Anderson, IMHPA-network
• Mental Health Policies and Promotion and Prevention, Dr Catherine Dartiguenave, Ministry of Health, France

II. Session 1: Mental health of the population: situation, challenges and approaches

• Introductory statements *
  Dr Maria Joao Heitor Dos Santos, Director, Ministry of Health, Portugal

III. Session 2: Identifying the Priorities in Promotion and Prevention

• Introductory statements *
  Dr Geoff Day, National Office for Suicide Prevention, Ireland
• Introductory statements *
  Dr Andrej Marusic, Director, Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

Day 2. Tuesday 17th January
IV. Moving forward promotion and prevention in mental health (Plenary session)

• Lessons from day 1
  Dr Eva Jané-Llopis, WHO Regional Office for Europe

V. Session 3: Engaging actors in promotion and prevention in mental health

• Engaging actors in promotion and prevention *
  Dr Eero Lahtinen, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland

VI. Session 4: The role of the European Community

• Introductory Statement (136 KB)*
  Jürgen Scheftlein, European Commission DG SANCO/C/4

VII. Summary and conclusions (Plenary session)

• Conclusion
  Dr Ray Xerri (Dialogue with Member States)
• Conclusion
  Ms Kasia Jurczak (EU-Platform for Mental Health)
• Conclusion
  Dr Jordi Alonso (Subgroup Interface Research and Policies)

* Group "Dialogue with Member States"