69 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2023/2074(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)
Citation 4 d (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 July 2023 on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (2022/2076(INI)),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 16 February 2022 on Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer (2020/2267(INI)),
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to the report “Mental Health in All Policies – Situation analysis and recommendations for action” by the Joint Action on Mental Health and Well-being, of 2017,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the definition of mental health by the World Health Organization (WHO),
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 e (new)
Citation 4 e (new)
– having regard to the WHO European framework for action on mental health 2021–2025,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) defines mental health as ‘a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community’1 ; whereas the mental Health in All Policies (MHiAP) approach makes mental health as a psychological resource of importance for the wellbeing of individuals, families and societies, according to the WHO definition, where Mental health is not just the absence of illness, but is rather conceptualised as a state of wellbeing in which the individual realises her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his/her community; _________________ 1 WHO, fact sheet on mental health, 17 June 2022.
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas many of the causes of mental disorders and poor mental wellbeing, and the corresponding economic impact, lie in social, economic and political spheres of people’s daily lives; whereas tackling these determinants will shift emphasis from late and costly interventions towards preventing mental disorders and contribute to improved population mental wellbeing and resilience; whereas this could mean providing parenting support, integrating mental health literacy into school curricula, mental health promotion at work places, and ensuring access to cultural activities and green and blue spaces, as well as promoting physically active lifestyles;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas mental health is a basic human right and is crucial to personal, community and socio-economic development; whereas the WHO has estimated that over 150 million people in Europe live with a mental health condition2 ; whereas mental health is more crucial today than it has ever been, due to the societal transition into the information society era, on the fact that productivity is dependent on our minds, as manual work is being replaced by mental work, that the population’s mental capital (i.e. cognitive, emotional, and social skills resources required for role functioning) is a prerequisite for the prosperity of individuals, companies, and societies in this new era; whereas mental health becomes more valuable and more vulnerable, due to the many stressors in information-driven economies; _________________ 2 https://www.who.int/europe/initiatives/the- pan-european-mental-health-coalition.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Mental Health disorders rank second (2nd) among the most common disabling non-communicable diseases;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas approximately 4% of all deaths are caused by mental and behavioral disorders in Europe
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas 9 million adolescents in Europe (aged 10 to 19) are living with mental disorders, with anxiety and depression accounting for more than half of all cases; whereas 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24, 10% of children and young people (aged 5 to 16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem, 19 % (almost one in five) European boys aged 15 to 19 suffer from mental disorders, followed by more than 16 per cent of girls the same age, yet 70% of children and adolescents who experience mental health problems have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas in the EU, the annual value of lost mental health, in children and young people is estimated at EUR 50 billion;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas minority stress describes chronically high levels of stress faced by members of stigmatized minority groups, including racial and sexual minority groups, victims of prejudice, hostility, persecution, bullying, exclusion, and physical and verbal aggression; whereas minority stress remains pervasive in various aspects of life among LGBT +, especially adolescents, whose psycho- emotional stability is being challenged by homo-trans-phobia manifested by peers but also frequently their family;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, according to the WHO, the data show that violence against women has become a public health problem of epidemic proportions, and the national health services of various countries can and must do more to support women who suffer physical violence or sexual abuse;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas chronic non- communicable diseases often result in serious mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviour), which is perhaps more evident in the infant and youth population, especially those suffering from chronic pain;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas deep and unfair economic and social inequalities have different impact among different population groups; whereas the most economically vulnerable social groups see their mental health more impacted by social and economic factors; whereas all public mental health policies must be particularly sensitive to economically vulnerable populations to ensure equal protection for all citizens; whereas in times of economic crisis, it has been shown that mental health problems intensify asymmetrically, and children from the population that falls into unemployment have a greater risk of mental health problems;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the omnipresence of smartphones, online messaging and social networks favours online socialisation at the expense of in-person socialisation, and increases the risk of progression from bullying to cyberbullying; whereas cyberbullying victims are at higher risk of depression and suicidal ideation;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas EU-OSHA reports that 45% of employed persons consider stress and other risk factors that can adversely affect mental wellbeing to be common in their workplace
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas a key element of the community model or paradigm is the role of patients and their families –duly organized through their associations and federations– in the debate and planning of the healthcare network; whereas according to the community care paradigm, it is a priority to empower patients as much as possible and turn them into active agents of their own therapeutic process (“health in the first person”); whereas taking advantage of the experience and knowledge of users and their environment is essential to plan and develop healthcare services; whereas dialogue with patients is undoubtedly one of the most stimulating, revealing and rewarding elements in the process of building this community model;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that, at any point in their life, any person can become more susceptible to poorer mental health and thus become part of a vulnerable group in society; stresses that addressing mental health conditions requires a thorough understanding of the different determinants of mental health and that an intersectional and multidisciplinary approach is necessary to prevent and mitigate the impacts on individuals, communities and societies; highlights that every mental health strategy must be done with a biopsychosocial (and spiritual) integrated bio-psycho-social perspective;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that, at any point in their life, any person can become more susceptible to poorer mental health and thus become part of a vulnerable group in society; stresses that addressing mental health conditions requires a thorough understanding of the different determinants of mental health and that an intersectional approach including the EU, Member States, civil society and professional actors, from the healthcare sector in particular, is necessary to prevent and mitigate the impacts on individuals, communities and societies;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and regions to prioritise mental health and well-being among young people, by recognising mental health problems as one of the most significant health concerns for young people, and promoting early detection of mental health problems in young people, given that at least 50% of mental health disorders appear before the age of 15 and that 80% of the latter start before the age of 18, and can remain throughout a person’s life, including those related to chronic non-communicable diseases;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to prioritise mental health and well-being among young people, by recognising mental health problems as one of the most significant health concerns for young people;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that this report wishes to follow the Mental Health in All Policies (MHiAP), which should apply to all policy levels (e.g. national, regional and local), and in all policy sectors; considers that in order to achieve uptake of the Mental Health in All Policies approach, it is important to demonstrate mutual benefits by pointing out existing win-win situations of mental health promotion, and co-incidence of objectives of non- health policy areas with outcomes of mental health promotion actions are strong drivers of the Mental Health in All Policies approach;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises that mental health and behavioural disorders are an important driver of suicide among individuals, especially younger age groups with male adolescents aged 15–19 reported higher suicide rates;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that severe adverse and stressful life events are major determinants of mental health issues which could affect a big part of the population: economic recession 2008– 2013, COVID–19 pandemic, migration from Africa and Near East; survivors of the war in Ukraine, amid other causes;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges all the public administrations to focus especially on domestic violence, and within it, with a special focus on violence against women and girls, whose trauma inflicted upon them might be life-enduring and a long- lasting scar;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the Commission, Member States and regions to detect mental health problems in the general population (almost 50% of people with mental health disorders are not linked to the health system), by educating and promoting skills in the general population to increase resilience and be able to confront any kind of traumatic event;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers mental health information systems an important tool to collect data and measure the effectiveness of mental health interventions, and calls for them to be systematically improved and updated; urges the Commission to make an European surveillance study on mental health disorders;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to assist the Member States and the regions with health competences in collecting and spreading best practice, via the EU Best Practice Portal, with regard to targeted campaigns for supporting vulnerable groups, particularly marginalised communities;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Commission and Member States to improve the comprehensiveness, quality and timeliness of their suicide- related data including vital registration of suicide, hospital-based registries of suicide attempts and nationally representative surveys collecting information about self-reported suicide attempts;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on all the public administrations to focus on preventing use of addictive substances, especially those harmful such as Cannabis Sativa, genetically modified Cannabis Sativa, cocaine and derived substances; calls on the public administrations to focus also on detecting and preventing behavioural additions towards tobacco and alcohol, as well as prescribed opioids; urges the Commission to reform the Tobacco Products Directive (Directive 2014/40/EU on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products);
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is deeply concerned that, despite progress in some countries, people with mental health conditions frequently experience discrimination and stigma and often do not have access to adequate healthcare, work place or housing, which can lead to severe human rights violations;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU and the Member States, Member States, civil society and professional actors, from the healthcare sector in particular, to raise awareness of the importance of mental health in a coordinated and timely manner, through a mental-health-in- all-policies approach;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure training and certification schemes for qualified professionals to increase the number of qualified professionals and reduce waiting times including specialists on cultural sensitive counselling and specific contexts and needs such as trauma caused by war and conflict, and natural disasters;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Member States to guarantee the access to quality, free of charge and tailored mental health services and programmes focusing on specific needs of children and young people and provide specific support including financially to young adults facing high levels of mental health pressure and in situations of vulnerability including adults who have left alternative care;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. calls on the Commission to develop effective tools for a uniform and integrated system of child and adolescent neuropsychiatry health services to be implemented in the Member States;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. emphasises that WHO recognises suicide as a public health priority; calls on the Commission and Member States to implement WHO evidence-based interventions in the Suicide Prevention Programmes by limiting access to the means of suicide, interacting with the media for responsible suicide communication, promoting social- emotional competencies of adolescents, and early identification, assessment, management and follow-up of anyone affected by suicidal behaviour;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Urges the Member States to incorporate more specialists – psychologists and psychiatrists– in primary care centres, increase the frequency of follow-up visits in mental health centres, whether for adults or child and youth mental health, open new specialised devices (e.g., in dual pathology or in adapted treatment of the homeless population);
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that mental health conditions are underdiagnosed in the EU; especially among healthcare professionals; recommends the Commission to make a mental health epidemiological assessment or study;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of recognition early diagnosis and, intervention and constant monitoring for mental health conditions;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. urges Member States to invest in early intervention and maternal mental health services, including prevention, screening and support programmes for all women, including refugee and undocumented migrant women and women faced ill-treatment, sexual abused;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights the need to address and take in duly consideration the mental health of healthcare professionals to ensure better mental health conditions to all;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. stresses, moreover, that the situation of healthcare workers is increasingly worrying because of challenging working conditions, shortages of the workforce, insufficient resources, and in some cases even physical and verbal aggression; emphasises that addressing mental health workforce shortages is critical for improving service accessibility and future pandemic preparedness;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. calls on the Commission to support Member States in the process of developing and delivering systems that are person-centred and human rights compliant;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States in close cooperation with healthcare professionals and hospital management to improve access to treatment and support for mental health conditions by implementing multidisciplinary care;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. emphasises the need to reprioritise mental healthcare to be evidence-based and patient-first, a system that not only reduces mental illness via curative and rehabilitative care but also improves mental well-being via promotive and preventive care;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Member States to ensure access to psychological first aid, counselling and therapy in culturally sensitive contexts for children in the context of migration, regardless of residence status;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to promote policies around best practice in social prescribing in the Member States and in the regions with competence in mental health policies;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls Member States to reduce the age of consent to psychosocial counselling and therapy, including access to professionals with expertise on the effects of recreational substance misuse, including cannabis and mental health, to allow children and young people to receive effective mental health support if they wish, irrespective of consent of their parents;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to reduce the age of consent to psychosocial counselling and therapy to 16 years old to allow young people to receive effective mental health support if they wish, irrespective of consent of their parents;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Member States to ensure that people on medical leave because of mental health conditions do not face discrimination; urges the Member States and competent bodies to implement national plans that promote the integration of people with mental health conditions into the labour market, in order to reduce inequities and tackle social determinants and provide financial incentives targeted at companies, especially to support small- and medium-sized enterprises, to recruit and retain to recruit the people with mental health conditions;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission and the Member States to invest in further research on mental health, including the development of distance based, ICT- supported, psychosocial treatments;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Invites the Commission to accelerate the research of narcissistic personality disorder, development of advanced treatments and medications;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. calls on the Commission to develop research on interactions between alcohol, painkillers and drug use cannabis variants with high concentration on THC and its different mode of consumption and information on interaction;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the EU and the Member States professional, in particular from the healthcare sector to urgently develop psychosocial mental health support structures, especially treatments for post- traumatic stress disorder, aimed specifically at victims of natural, climate, humanitarian, geopolitical and conflict- related disasters, asylum seekers and migrants from all backgrounds;
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to add, as further support for students who, during the implementation of the programme, are located in EU Member States or in other countries belonging to the Erasmus+ programme, a further category of expenditure relating to the costs of psychological support and assistance for students, and to ensure that this category of expenditure is declared eligible, starting with the next call for proposals for the 2025 programming year;
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls Commission and Member States to develop or strengthen comprehensive suicide prevention strategies and optimise school-based suicide prevention programs, such as digital and face to face educational programs on the effects of substance misuse and the danger of seeking relief from psychological stress in self- administration of drugs like cannabis;
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for Member States to put in place national action programmes on mental health and well- being;
Amendment 513 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to monitor progress on children’s overall health and wellbeing, including mental health, as part of their reporting on health in the European Semester process;
Amendment 515 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Underlines that the Commission should ensure the reduction of harmful psychosocial risk factors at work and to guarantee the right to the same level of protection of workers, regardless of their status and where in the EU they live and work;
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Urges the Commission to revise its 2003 recommendation concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases with additions such as work- related mental health disorders, in particular depression, burnout, anxiety and stress; retire its call to transform this recommendation into a directive creating a minimum list of occupational diseases and setting out minimum requirements for their recognition and adequate compensation for individuals concerned;
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 g (new)
Paragraph 21 g (new)
21g. calls on the Commission to maintain dialogue with EU Member States as an imperative and open the European Commission’s Expert Group on Public Health subgroup on Mental Health to sub-national and civil society actors;