Special Eurobarometer 345: Mental Health

A poll released to mark World Mental Health Day reveals that during the 12 months preceding the survey, 15% of respondents across EU Member States sought professional help for psychological or emotional problems and 7% took antidepressants, mostly for depression or anxiety. According to the results, there is still stigma attached to mental disorders, with 22% of those surveyed saying they would find it difficult to speak to a person with a "significant mental disorder". This issue and the other results will be discussed during the next thematic conference under the European Pact for Mental Health and Well-being.
The main themes addressed in this report are:
• The state of mental well-being – how well people feel mentally and physically, and what impact has this had on their lives• Level of comfort at work – how secure people feel in their current jobs, whether
they feel their skills match their current role and whether they feel they receive adequate recognition/respect for what they do
• Care and treatment – what help and treatment people have sought to ameliorate any mental health conditions they have experienced
• Perceptions of people with mental illness – how comfortable people feel about interacting with those with a mental health problem

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer