Since 2006, we have improved access to mental health treatment and to training for correctional officers in prisons; sped up mental health screening; created a mental health screening strategy for prisoners; expanded mental health counselling; and improved personnel training.

13. Calls on Member States to introduce screening for mental health problems in general health services and for physical health problems in mental health services; furthermore, calls on Member States to establish a comprehensive model of care;

13. Calls on Member States to introduce screening for mental health problems in general health services and for physical health problems in mental health services; furthermore, calls on Member States to establish a comprehensive model of care;

12. Stresses the need for clear and long-term planning for the provision of high-quality, effective, accessible and universal community and in-patient mental health services and for the adoption of criteria for monitoring by independent bodies; calls for better cooperation and communication between primary healthcare professionals and mental health professionals to deal effectively with problems associated with mental and physical health, by encouraging a holistic approach which takes into account the overall profile of individuals from the point of view of physical and mental health;

8. Notes that the Green Paper envisages that the first priority forcombating mental ill health is to provide effective and high-quality mental health and treatment services through medical and psychologically-based interventions, which means that suitable infrastructure and sufficient financial resources must be available; believes, however, that the first priority for combating mental ill health should be the same approach as for supporting mental health and preventing mental illness; considers that medical treatment cannot take the place of social factors which maintain the health of society in general; believes that there should be ...[+++] more emphasis on preventing mental ill health through social and environmental interventions accessible to people with mental ill health such as those described in section 6.1 of the Green Paper;

give due attention, according to their respective needs, to the implementation of the Declaration and Action Plan endorsed by the World Health Organisation European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health, while recognising the necessary long-term perspective of implementing appropriate actions; undertake action to collect good quality and comparable data on mental health, and on the economic and social consequences of common mental health problems, using the Community Public Health programme as appropriate; undertake action to design and implement comprehensive, integrated and efficient mental health systems that cover promotion and p ...[+++]revention together with treatment and rehabilitation, care and recovery, as emphasised in the Declaration adopted by the World Health Organisation European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health; further develop appropriate monitoring and evaluation mechanisms which allow for reasonable and reliable comparisons of the mental health status and of promotion and prevention practices within and between Member States; consider the optimal use of relevant funding instruments, such as Structural Funds, PHARE, and Twinning programmes, which can cover specific needs and challenges in the field of mental health.