23 Amendments of Daniela AIUTO related to 2016/2096(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the World Health Organisation’s European Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
– having regard to the 2005 European Declaration for Mental Health signed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Commission and the Council of Europe,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the WHO defines mental health as a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, meet the ordinary demands of everyday life, establish satisfactory and mature relationships with others, make a constructive contribution to social change and adapt to external conditions and internal conflicts;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in a global context marked by an ongoing economic crisis and a sharp rise in unemployment, in particular among young people and women, the incidence of mental health problems such as depression, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety and dementia is steadily increasing;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas mental health problems (depression, anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders) are more common among women than among men;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas lack of access to sexual and reproductive rights, including safe and legal abortion services, endangers the life and health of women and girls, increases maternal mortality and morbidity, and leads to the denial of life- saving care and to an increased number of clandestine aborwomen should be given better access to health-related services, so as to ensure swift response times and prompt treatment and thus avoid physical and psychological complications;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas restrictions and budgetary cuts made by national governments in the area of public health also make access to health services more onerous, in particular for large families and for single mothers;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas women suffering from cancer who have been subjected to surgery and invasive treatments such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy and see their bodies undergo profound changes are in general more prone to depression and more likely to lose hope in the future;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas depression is the most common neuro-psychiatric disorder and is more likely to affect women than men; whereas it is also the most common illness among women in the 15 to 44 age group;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas depressive disorders account for 41.9% of all cases of disability resulting from neuro-psychiatric disorders among women, as compared to 29.3% among men;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas the WHO has estimated that depression affects 350 million people and causes 850 000 deaths every year; whereas by 2020 this illness will be the second leading cause of inability to work;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are particularly common among adolescent and post- adolescent girls;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas, at work, women are more exposed to psychological and/or sexual harassment, which causes discomfort and psycho-physical problems among those subjected to it;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
Nc. whereas, according to a study conducted by the European Depression Association (EDA), one in 10 workers in the EU has taken time off work for depression, costing society an estimated EUR 92 billion, mainly as a result of lost productivity;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to support civil society and women’s organisations that promote women’s rights, including women’s sexual and reproductive health and rightsthe right to health, and to work to ensure that women have a voice in European and national health policy issues;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that sexual and reproductive rights include universal open access to legal and safe abortion, reliable, safe and affordable contraception, and sexual education and information on sexual and reproductive health, free choice and conse right to health, including mental health, to be a fundamental right that should be guaranteed for all woment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights, adequate gender-sensitive information and reliable, safe and affordable contraception, and to provide access to legal and safe abortion within and beyond the European Unionhealth care by ensuring easy access to services and the provision of adequate information tailored to women’s specific needs;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it regrettable that sexual and reproductive rights are severely limited and/or subject to certain conditions in several EU Member Statwomen in many parts of Europe have difficulty in gaining access to public mental health services;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to promote the setting up of psychological support centre for cancer patients, staffed by qualified community health workers and female psychologists, to provide the patients with psychological support throughout the treatment and rehabilitation process;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to ensure full access to high-quality care for all migrant women, irrespective of their legal status, and, in the longer term, to adequately prepare their national health systems;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Deplores the austerity policy implemented by the Commission, which, alongside the current economic crisis, is a major contributory factor in the rise in unemployment and the indiscriminate cutting of public health budgets by Member States;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to gather gender- disaggregated data on mental illness; calls also on the Commission to draw up recommendations and guidelines on preventing and treating such illnesses on the basis of a female-specific approach;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to set up assistance and support contact points in schools, run by female psychologists, to provide psychological support to students, in particular adolescent girls, who are more prone to developing eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote information and prevention campaigns to raise public awareness of mental health problems;