11 Amendments of Thomas ULMER related to 2008/2209(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the financial cost to society of mental ill-health is estimated at between 3% and 4%accounts for a significant proportion of the Member States' GDP and whereas most of that expenditure is spent outside the health sector, primarily because of systematic absence from work, incapacity for work and early retirement,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas social and economic disparities can increase mental health problems and whereas the rates of mental ill-health are higher among vulnerable groups,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in most European Union countries there has been a move from long-term institutionalised care towards supported living in the community; whereas, however, this process has taken place without proper planning and resourcing, without control mechanisms and often with budget cutsoffer care in the community as an alternative to long-term institutionalised care,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas, while physical and mental health are of equal importance and there is interaction between them, mental health often remains undiagnosed or underestimated and receives inand is consequently not adequately treatmented,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the ageing of the EU's population entails more frequent occurrence of neurodegenerative disorderpresents neurology and psychiatry with new challenges,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to implement cross-sectoral programmes for the prevention of suicide, promoting a healthy lifestyle, reducing the risk factors and providing support for people who have made suicide attempts and for the family environment of those who have committed suicideestablish anonymous drop-in centres for mental illness sufferers and those at risk of suicide, including the option of family therapy;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on employers to promote a healthy working climate, paying attention to work-related stress, the underlying causes of mental disorder at the workplace, and tackling those causes, as far as possible, to take account of psychological principles at the workplace;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. EncouragesCalls on employers, as part of their health and safety at work strategies, to adopt programmes to promote the emotional and mental wellbeing of their workers and calls on the Commission tond the Member States, in accordance with the directives, to refrain from dissecriminate positive models by publishing such programmes on the Interneting against mental illness sufferers;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in the context of the open method of coordination on social protection and integration, to develop guidelines for nursing and long-term care in order to help prevent maltreatment of the elderlysubmit meaningful reports and statistics;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the organisation of public information and awareness campaigns through the media, the Internet, schools and places of work, in order to promote emotional health, increase knowledge about the most common symptoms of depression and suicidal tendencies, destigmatise mental disorders and promote early seeking of assistance and the active integration of people experiencing mental health problemsensure that assistance is offered in good time;