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VIENNAGREEN PAPER ON MENTAL HEALTH
CONSULTATION
Piotr MierzewskiDG III Social Cohesion
Health DivisionCouncil of Europe
Strasbourg
COUNCIL OF EUROPEAdding a human faceand citizens’ smile!
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HUMAN RIGHTSPALACE
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Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol 18, Issue 2 94-98, Copyright © 1992 by Institute of Medical Ethics
ETHICS BRIEFINGS
A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder
RP Bentall Department of Clinical Psychology, Liverpool
University
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LEGAL TOOLS
European Conventions and Agreements
Binding on the States that ratify them
Recommendations
Policy statements proposing a commoncourse of action to be followed
Obliging, but not obligatory
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2006 - 2007
COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON DEVELOPING
A COUNCIL OF EUROPE MENTAL HEALTH REFERENCE TOOL
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Make an analytical inventory of the range of existing policy measures related to mental health, as contained in the Council of Europe binding and non binding documents
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Determine the “essential basket”of the human/patients’ rights, ethical and social cohesion components in national mental health policies, to be used for developing a “humane mental health country profile”;
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Propose a model framework leading to the development of an integrate policy tool in
each country, which shall contain in particular:
- a practical compendium based on the already existing Council of Europe texts, with emphasis on ethical and human rights
issues in the area of prevention and promotion of mental health policy;
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Propose a model framework leading to the development of an integrate policy tool in
each country, which shall contain in particular:
ethical framework for a patient-oriented mental health policy to be agreed upon as a “European reference tool” for decision-making and priority setting.
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The European Health Committee has confirmed the nomination of experts coming from the following countries:
Austria, France, Finland, FYROM, Georgia, Germany, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic and Spain.
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PARTICIPATION:
The Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI) and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
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PARTICIPATION:
- Parliamentary Assembly-Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights -European Commission -World Health Organisation
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Observers:
- Europe-wide organisation of mental health patients
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WORKING METHODS:
- an electronic network of national correspondents;- a Web-based public consultation of its draft document;- hearings and written consultations;- pilot national or regional seminars bringing together policy-makers, professionals and representatives of academia and civil society;- links with European institutions and competent experts in the field.
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VALUE FOR MONEYECONOMIC IMPERATIVE
MONEY FOR VALUESETHICAL IMPERATIVE
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AN ADDED VALUEof the Council of Europe
IN ADDING VALUES !
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Do not let social solidarity
to vanish….
Social solidarity a first, paradoxical victim of the victory of the “Solidarity” movement.
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Health for all! Human rights for all ! … in mental health…
This paper was produced for a meeting organized by Health & Consumer Protection DG and represents the views of its author on the subject. These views have not been adopted or in any way approved by the Commission and should not be relied upon as a statement of the Commission's or Health & Consumer Protection DG's views. The European Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper, nor does it accept responsibility for any use made thereof.