These policy recommendations were developed thanks to the contribution of the FEPS Expert Group on Mental Health, composed of Antonio J. M. Fernández, Dimitra Theodori, Hannes Jarke, Helena Gherasim, Laeticia Thissen, Ludmila Raskova, Mie Oehlenschläger, Monty Aal, Raluca Stana, Sonia Nawrocka, Sophie Prober, Teodora Ciolompea, Viktor Mravcik, Virginia Mahieu, Xheimina Dervishi, under the coordination of Aida Bikic, François Balate, Jana Michailidu, Jiří Sedlář, Julia Wild, Sara Bojarczuk, and Tomáš Petříček.

Deteriorating mental health has emerged as one of the defining challenges for Europe and its citizens in the 21st century.

The policy paper presents a systematic review  of the addiction prevention policies of selected  EU Member States - Italy, France, Poland, and Belgium – focusing on minors and adolescents.

In June 2023, the European Commission (EC) issued a "Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health". With this, the EC began to tackle the mental health problems of European citizens, exacerbated largely by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this compendium, we offer an overview of the major European organisations, their comments on the document, and their common positions.