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    Redifining the Psychologists Role inImplementing European Public

    Policies on Workplace Health andSafety

    Ion Duvac, PhDAssociate Professor at the School of Psychology and EducationalSciences, University of Bucharest

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    Who am I?

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    2002 present: Associate Professor at the University ofBucharest

    2004 present: founding and Board member of theRomanian Psychologists College

    2005 present: Director of the Master's DegreeProgram "Applied Psychology in the Field of National

    Security" organized by the School of Psychology andEducational Sciences, University of Bucharest 2006 present : member of the Psychology

    Committee of the Ministry of Health 2009 present: Coach & trainer in Psychological

    Profiler and Clinical psychologist in private practice 2009 present: Trainer for the continuous professionaltraining course "Competence training in PsychologicalProfiler", authorized by the Romanian PsychologistsCollege

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    Some existential questions Where are the psychologists in major Europeanprojects?

    What is the status of psychologists in Europecompared to the professional status of

    doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, etc.? How do we protect our profession and how get rid

    of "charlatans" in our profession or attached to ourprofession?

    What is the Psychologists Role in implementing

    the European Parliament Resolution of 19 February2009 on Mental Health?

    What is the Psychologists Role in ImplementingEuropean Public Policies on Workplace Health andSafety?

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    First, I present to you two events that I

    consider important in our discussion today:

    The European Parliament Resolution of

    19 February 2009 on Mental Health

    The seminar: Developing a community

    approach to addressing health

    workforce and professional mobility

    challenges, Brussels, 31 Mai 2011

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    The European Parliament Resolution

    of 19 February 2009 on Mental Health(2008/2209(INI))

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    The European Parliament, having regard to the EU high-level conference

    'Together for Mental Health and Well-Being held

    in Brussels on 12-13 June 2008, which established theEuropean Pact for Mental Health and Well-Being, having regard to the Commission's Green Paper on

    Improving the mental health of the population -Towards a strategy on mental health for the

    European Union (COM(2005)0484), having regard to its resolution of 6 September 2006 on

    improving the mental health of the population - towardsa strategy on mental health for the European Union,

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    The European Parliament, having regard to the declaration of the

    European Ministerial Conference of the

    World Health Organisation (WHO) of 15January 2005 on facing the challenges of mentalhealth in Europe and building solutions,

    having regard to the conclusions of theEuropean Council of 19-20 June 2008, which

    underlined the importance of closing the gap inhealth and in life expectancy between and withinMember States and stressed the importance ofprevention activities in the field of major chronicnon-communicable diseases,

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    The European Parliament,

    having regard to its resolution of 15 January2008 on the Community strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work

    having regard to the United Nations (UN)Convention on the Rights of Persons with

    Disabilities,

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    The European Parliament,

    having regard toArticles 2, 13 and 152 of theEC Treaty,

    having regard to the Charter of FundamentalRights of the Union,

    having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of

    Procedure, having regard to the report of the

    Committee on the Environment, PublicHealth and Food Safety(A6-0034/2009),

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    A. whereas mental health and well-beingare central to the quality of life ofindividuals and societyand are key factors inthe EU's Lisbon Strategy objectives and therevised strategy on sustainable development,

    and whereas the prevention, early detection,intervention and treatment of mental disorderssignificantly reduce the personal, financial andsocial consequences thereof,

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    B. whereas various EU strategic documentshave highlighted the importance of mentalhealth in realising those objectives andthe need for practical measures in that

    respect, C. whereas the added value ofthe

    Community's mental health strategy liesprimarily in the field of prevention and

    the promotion of the human and civilrights of people with mental healthproblems,

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    D. whereas mental health problems arewidespread in Europe, with one in fourpeople experiencing mental healthproblems at least once in their lives, while

    many more are indirectly affected, and whereasthe standard of mental health care variesconsiderably between different Member States,especially between the old Member States and

    some of the new Member States,

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    E. whereas gender-specific aspects should be taken intoaccount when considering the subject of mental health,and whereas more women than men suffer frommental disorders and more men than womencommit suicide,

    F. whereas suicide remains a significant cause ofpremature death in Europe, with over 50 000deaths a year in the EU, and whereas, in nine out of

    ten cases, it is preceded by the development ofmental disorders, frequently depression, andwhereas, moreover, the rate of suicide and attemptedsuicide among people who are in prison or in detentionis higher than among the general population,

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    G. whereas devising policies to reduce theincidence of depression and suicide goeshand in hand with the protection of humandignity,

    H. whereas, even though depressionconstitutes one of the most frequent andserious disorders, measures to combat itoften remain inadequate, and whereas only afew Member States have implementedprevention programmes,

    I. whereas, however, there is still a lack ofunderstanding and investment in thepromotion of mental health and preventionof disorders and a lack of support formedical research and for people with mentalhealth problems,

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    J. whereas the financial cost to society ofmental ill-health is estimated at between3 % and 4 % of the Member States' grossdomestic product (GDP), and whereas in2006 the cost to the EU of mental illness

    was EUR 436 000 million, and whereas mostof that expenditure was made outside the healthsector, primarily because ofsystematicabsence from work, incapacity for work

    and early retirement and estimated costs do notin many cases reflect the additional financialburden of co-morbidity, which is more likely toaffect persons with mental health problems,

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    K. whereas social and economic disparities

    can increase mental health problems, andwhereas the rates of mental ill-health arehigher among vulnerable and marginalisedgroups, such as the unemployed, immigrants,prisoners and former prisoners, users of

    psychotropic substances, persons with disabilitiesand persons with long-term illnesses, and whereasspecific actions and appropriate policies arenecessary to assist their integration and socialinclusion,

    L. whereas there are significant disparitiesbetween and within the Member States in thefield of mental health, including with regardto the areas of treatment as well as socialintegration,

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    M. whereas persons with mental healthproblems are more at risk than the rest of

    the population of developing a physicaldisease and have a lower likelihood ofreceiving treatment for these physical

    diseases,

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    N. whereas,while physical and mental healthare of equal importance and there isinteraction between them, mental healthoften remains undiagnosed orunderestimated and receives inadequate

    treatment, O. whereas in most Member States there has been a

    move awayfrom long-term institutionalisedcare towards supported living in the community, andwhereas, however, this process has taken placewithout proper planning and resourcing, withoutcontrol mechanisms and often with budget cuts,which are threatening to cause re-institutionalisationof thousands of citizens with mental illness,

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    P. whereas the European Mental Health andPhysical Health Platform was set up in 2008,gathering high-level representatives from keyorganisations,

    Q. whereas the foundations for lifelongmental health are laid during a person's firstfew years of life and whereas mental illness iscommon among young people, in whom earlydiagnosis and treatment is of the utmost

    importance, R. whereas the ageing of the EU's population

    entails more frequent occurrence ofneurodegenerative disorders,

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    S. whereas the discrimination and socialexclusion experienced by people withmental health problems and theirfamilies are the consequences not only of

    mental disorder but also of the stigma, rejectionand social marginalisation they encounter, andare risk factors which impede their search forassistance and treatment,

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    T. whereas the European Union has designated2010 as the European Year for CombatingPoverty and Social Exclusion,

    U. whereas research is producing new data

    on the medical and social dimensions ofmental health, and whereas, however, thereare still significant gaps and consequently careshould be taken not to hamper the public orprivate medical research effort by imposing aseries of, often onerous, administrativerequirements or excessive restrictions on the useof relevant models for the development of safeand effective medication,

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    V. whereaslearning disabilities (mentalhandicap) share many of the samecharacteristics and give rise to the sameneeds as mental disorders;

    W. whereas much improvement is essentialin the training of medical professionals

    who encounter mental illness sufferers,including medical practitioners and

    members of the judiciary, X. whereas mental health disorders are

    ranked first in terms of human morbidity,

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    1. Welcomes the European Pact on MentalHealth and Well-Being and the recognition of

    mental health and well-being as a basicpriority for action;

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    2. Firmly supports the invitation to cooperate andfoster action between the EU institutions, theMember States, the regional and local authoritiesand the social partners on five priority areas forthe promotion of the mental health and well-

    being of the population, including all agegroups, and different genders, ethnic origins andsocio-economic groups, combating stigma and socialexclusion, strengthening preventive action and self-help and providing support and adequate treatmentto people with mental health problems and to theirfamilies and carers; stresses that any suchcooperation must fully comply with the principle ofsubsidiarity;

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    5. Calls on the Commission to propose commonindicators to improve the comparability of data andfacilitate the exchange of best practices and cooperation

    between the Member States to promote mental health; 6. Considers that the emphasis should be on the

    prevention of mental ill-health through socialintervention, with particular focus on the mostvulnerable groups; stresses that, in cases where

    prevention is insufficient, non-discriminatory access totherapeutic treatment should be encouraged andfacilitated and that people with mental health problemsshould have full access to information about innovativeforms of treatment;

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    9. Calls on the Commission to conduct andpublish a survey of mental illness services andmental health promotion policies across the EU;

    10. Calls on the Member States to adopt UN

    resolution 46/119 on 'the protection of personswith mental illness and the improvement ofmental health care' drawn up by the UnitedNations Commission on Human Rights and

    adopted by the General Assembly of the UnitedNations in 1991;

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    13. Calls on Member States to introducescreening for mental health problems ingeneral health services and for physicalhealth problems in mental health

    services; furthermore, calls on Member Statesto establish a comprehensive model of care;

    14. Asks the Commission to seek and record theexperiences of patients regarding side effects of

    medication through European Medicines Agency(EMEA) guidelines;

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    15. Asks the Commission to extend the mandateof the European Centre for Disease preventionand Control (ECDC) to include mental health;

    16. Calls on the Commission to disseminate the

    results of the thematic conferences to be held inorder to implement the goals of the EuropeanPact and to propose a 'European Action Plan forthe Mental Health and Well-Being of Citizens

    and Medical Research';

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    17. Encourages the establishment of an EU Platform

    on Mental Health and Well-being to implement theEuropean Pact, consisting of representatives of theCommission, the Presidency of the Council,Parliament, the WHO and service users, people with

    mental health problems, families, carers, non-governmental organisations, the pharmaceuticalindustry, academics and other relevantstakeholders, while deploring the failure to adopt a

    directive at European level as advocated in theabove-mentioned European Parliament resolutionon the Commission's Green Paper on mental health;

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    Prevention of depression and suicide

    21. Calls on the Member States to implementcross-sectoral programmes for theprevention of suicide, especially among

    young people and adolescents, promoting a

    healthy lifestyle, reducing the risk factors suchas easy access to pharmaceuticals, drugs,harmful chemical substances and alcohol abuse;considers that it is particularly necessary to

    guarantee the provision of treatment for peoplewho have attempted to commit suicide and ofpsychotherapeutic treatment for the families ofpeople who have committed suicide;

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    Prevention of depression and suicide

    22. Calls on the Member States to set upregional information networks betweenhealthcare professionals, service usersand people with mental health problems,their families, their educational establishmentsand places of work, together with localorganisations and the public in order to reduce

    depression and suicidal behaviour;

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    Prevention of depression and suicide

    23. Calls for information to be made more widelyavailable concerning the single European emergencycall number 112 , such as attempted suicideor mental crises, so as to allow rapid

    intervention and the provision of emergencymedical assistance;

    24. Calls on the Member States to set up specifictraining courses for general practitioners

    and for the staff of psychiatric services,including doctors, psychologists and nurses,on the prevention and treatment ofdepressive disorders and suicide riskawareness and management;

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    Mental health in youth and education

    25. Calls on the Member States to providesupport to school staff in order to develop

    a healthy climate, and build relationshipsbetween school, parents, health serviceproviders and the community in order tostrengthen the social integration of youngpeople;

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    Mental health in youth and education

    26. Calls on the Member States to organisesupport programmes for parents,particularly for disadvantaged families, andto promote the allocation of posts forcounsellors in each secondary school to

    assist the social-emotional needs of youngpeople, with a special focus on preventionprogrammes such as self-esteem enhancement andcrisis management;

    27. Stresses the need for health system

    planning which meets the need for specialistmental health services for children andadolescents, taking into account the move fromlong-term institutionalised care towards supportedliving in the community;

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    Mental health in youth and education

    28.Stresses the need for the earlydetection and treatment of mental healthproblems in vulnerable groups, with

    particular reference to minors; 29.Proposes that mental health should beincorporated into the programmes ofstudy of all healthcare professionals and

    that provision should be made for continuouseducation and training in that sector;

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    Mental health in youth and education

    30.Calls on Member States and the EuropeanUnion to cooperate in raising awareness of

    the deterioriating mental health situationof children with emigrant parents and tointroduce school programs aimed at helpingthese youngsters to cope with the psychologicalproblems related to the absence of their parents;

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    Mental health in workplace settings

    31. Declares that the workplace plays a centralrole in the social integration of people withmental health problems and calls for support

    for their recruitment, retention,rehabilitation and return to work,with theemphasis on the integration of the most vulnerablegroups, including ethnic minority communities;

    32. Calls on the Member States to encourageresearch into the working conditions whichmay increase the incidence of mental illness,particularly among women;

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    Mental health in workplace settings

    33. Calls on the Member States to promoteand implement specific vocationaltraining courses for people with mental

    health problems taking into account theirabilities and potential, in order to facilitate theirintegration into the employment market as wellas to develop workplace reintegration

    programmes; stresses also the need forproper training of employers and theiremployees to deal with the specific needsof people with mental health problems;

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    Mental health in workplace settings

    34. Calls on employers to promote ahealthy working climate, paying attention

    to work-related stress, the underlyingcauses of mental disorder at the

    workplace, and tackling those causes;

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    Mental health in workplace settings

    35. Calls on the Commission to requirebusinesses and public bodies to publish

    annually a report on their policy andwork for the mental health of theiremployees on the same basis as theyreport on physical health and safety at

    work;

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    Mental health in workplace settings

    36. Encourages employers, as part of theirhealth and safety at work strategies, to

    adopt programmes to promote theemotional and mental health of their

    workers, provide support optionswhich areconfidential and non-stigmatising andintroduce anti-bullying policies; calls onthe Commission to disseminate positive modelsby publishing such programmes on the Internet;

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    Mental health in workplace settings

    37. Calls on the Member States to ensure thatpeople who are entitled to sickness ordisability benefits because of mental healthproblems are not deprived of their right of

    access to employment and that they will not losethe benefits related to their disability/sickness assoon as they find a new job;

    38. Calls for the full and effective implementation by

    Member States of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of27 November 2000 establishing a generalframework for equal treatment in employment andoccupation;

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    Mental health of older people

    39. Calls on the Member States to adopt appropriatemeasures to improve and maintain a high quality oflife for the elderly and to promote health and activeageing through participation in community life,

    including the development of flexible retirementschemes;

    40. Stresses the need to promote research intoprevention and care with regard to

    neurodegenerative disorders and other age-relatedmental illnesses and for any future Commissionaction or proposal to distinguish betweenAlzheimer's disease or similar neurodegenerativedisorders and other forms of mental illness;

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    Mental health of older people

    41. Encourages the development of an interface betweenresearch and policy in the field of mental health andwellbeing;

    42. Notes the need to assess the co-morbidity of elderly

    people and the need for the training of healthcarepersonnel to increase knowledge about the needs of theelderly with mental health problems;

    43. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, inthe context of the open method of coordination on socialprotection and integration, to take measures to supportcarers and to develop guidelines for nursing and long-term care in order to help prevent maltreatment of theelderly and to allow them to live with dignity in anappropriate environment;

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    Combating stigma and social exclusion

    44. Calls for the organisation of public informationand awareness campaigns through the media, theInternet, schools and workplaces, in order topromote mental health, increase knowledge about

    the most common symptoms of depression andsuicidal tendencies, de-stigmatise mental disorders,encourage people to seek the best and most effectiveassistance and promote the active integration ofpeople experiencing mental health problems;

    45. Stresses the crucial role of the media in changingperceptions of mental illness and calls for thedevelopment of European guidelines for responsiblecoverage of mental health by the media;

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    Combating stigma and social exclusion

    46. Calls on the Member States to support andencourage the empowerment of organisationswhich represent people with mental healthproblems and their carers in order to facilitate

    their participation in the formulation andimplementation of policy and in all stages ofresearch into mental health;

    47. Considers that de-stigmatising mental illnessinvolves abandoning the use of invasive andinhumane practices as well as those practicesbased on the custodial approach;

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    Combating stigma and social exclusion

    48.Considers that it is necessary to promote andsupport psychological and social rehabilitationactivities delivered by small public, private orpublic-private residential centres which provide

    day-care facilities or continuous care, are similarin scale and ethos to family units and are locatedin an urban setting, so as to encourage residents'integration at every stage of the therapeutic and

    rehabilitation process;

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    Combating stigma and social exclusion

    49. Welcomes the Commission proposal for anew directive against discrimination on the basisof religion or beliefs, disability, age or sexual

    orientation beyond the employment sector andcalls for the immediate adoption of this directivein order effectively to protect persons withmental health problems from discrimination;

    50. Calls on all Member States to ratify withoutdelay the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000on the International Protection of Adults;

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    I was invited to the seminar:

    Developing a community approach to

    addressing health workforce and

    professional mobility challenges

    European Parlament, Brussels, 31 May 2011

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    EU Action Plan - Objectivs Improvingworkforce planning (Joint Action) Working on skills and competences (EU skills

    panorama) Helping the MS in equipping the health workforce

    with the right skills Improving retention and recruitment of health

    personnel Implementing theWHO code on international

    recruitment of healt personnel Collection ofhigh quality and comparable data

    Timeline: by 2012

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    Other questions Where are you?

    What is the status of psychologists in your

    country? How is regulated the profession of

    psychology in your country?

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    THE HEALTHS DIMENSIONS TheWorld Health

    Organization (WHO)defined health in itsbroader sense in 1946as "a state of complete

    physical, mental, andsocial well-being andnot merely the absenceof disease or infirmity.

    The all threedimensions mustworking together andsuddenly (Ion Duvac,2009)

    PHYSICAL

    SOCIAL

    MENTAL

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    The distribution of the healths

    dimensions in practice PHYSICAL 90% doctors, 10%

    psychologist (somatic disorders)

    MENTAL +SOCIAL 80%

    psychologist, 10% - doctors (formintal disorders), 10% - socialworkers

    In most cases,the psychiatrists patient is one

    who did not come on time tothe psychologist or one who hasdone what the psychologist

    said! (Ion Duvac, 2006)

    PHYSICAL

    SOCIAL

    MENTAL

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    Mental and social dimensions should be, largely inthe care of psychologist

    Public policies in health are projected ona false hypothesis "health = doctor"

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    Starea de fapt Se vorbete foarte mult de stresul la locul de munc,

    de efectele deosebit de corozive ale acestuia asupraperformanei n munc, asupra strii de bine att a

    angajailor ct i a angajatorilor. Singurul specialist abilitat s evalueze n mod

    profesional stresul i consecinele sale este psihologul. Avem convingerea c ntr-o abordare corect a bolilor

    profesionale stresul ar ocupa de departe primul loc n

    ierarhizarea factorilor generatori ai majoritii acestora. i totui, de ce psihologul este prezent doar sporadic nderularea corect a procedurilor de identificare astresului n munc i a efectelor sale asupraperformanei profesionale?

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    Starea de fapt Din pcate, n foarte multe organizaii publice sau

    private fiele posturilor sunt realizate pe principiul

    copy-paste, fr o fundamentare tiinific real acerinelor locurilor de munc care este posibilnumai prin ceea ce specialitii denumesc analizamuncii i diagnoz organizaional

    Acesta este unul dintre motivele pentru careconsiderm insuficiente i neadecvate procedurilede sntate i securitate n munc potrivit actualelorprevederi normative.

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    Pactul european pentru sntatemintala i bunstare Conferina la nivel nalt mpreun pentru

    Sntate Mintala i Stare de Bine" desfurat laBruxelles n 13 iunie 2008.

    Acest pact lansat de Comisia European reprezint ochemare la aciune n parteneriat, politicieni,profesioniti ai domeniului i cercettori din ntreagaEurop angajndu-se s lucreze mpreun n cincidomenii principale:

    prevenirea sinuciderii i depresiei; sntatea mintala a tinerilor; sntatea mintala la locul de munca; sntatea mintala a persoanelor vrstnice; combaterea stigmatizrii i a excluderii sociale.

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    Rezoluia Parlamentului Europeanreferitoare la sntatea mintala la data de 19 februarie 2009 a fost adoptata

    Rezoluia nr 2008/2209 (INI), prin care se

    stipuleaz o serie de recomandri statelormembre pe cele cinci direcii propuse prinPactul european pentru sntate mintala ibunstare.

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    Si cu psihologii Aplicarea principiului need to share n

    promovarea bunelor practici n psihologie la

    nivelul Europei Crearea statutului de profesie liberal pentru

    profesia de psiholog

    Asumarea psihologului ca furnizor de servicii desntate

    Integrarea psihologiei n action plan 2020 forhealt human resurces

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    A LOT OF QUESTIONS What are the solutions to reduce the costs

    of mental health problems at work? Who evaluates the work stress and its negative effects? Who pays for mental recovery of an employee

    who was harassed in some way at work? Why the professional performance evaluation or

    requests to an employee who is in

    a depressive type symptoms, for example, are the sameas those from before its appearance? The questions could go on without finding

    a relevant solution in the current system of healthmanagement at work.

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    Why?- Because we have a major error in the system

    design public health policies:

    - Health services = medical services - this isthe major erorr of the sistem!!!

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    Eco-psychological approach to health

    and safety at work In environmental law, the polluter pays

    principle is enacted to make the party responsible

    for producing pollution responsible for paying for thedamage done to the natural environment.

    In the mental health to the workplace policy wecan introduce the "stressor pays principlebased on developing adequate and adapted the"polluter pays principle for the environmental policy

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    Answering rhetorical questions of Mr.

    Roe YES - Europe needs to the psychology and the

    psychologists!

    YES - psychology of Europe must to enter intoanother stage of development! YES - we need to create a unitary state of the

    profession of psychologist in Europe - the liberalprofession (Romanians Model)

    YES - we need to rapid intervention at Europeanlevel to protect the profession of psychologist with abetter delineation of competences and protect themfrom charlatans inside and outside the our guild

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    The Romanian Psychologists College

    It was founded in 2004 after a long depression ofpsychology from the communist period in Romania

    In Romania only psychologists certified by the

    Romanian Psychologists College have the rightto free practice

    In 2007 Romanian Psychologists College was

    designated as the national regulatory authority in the

    psychology profession at the Council of Europe We can provide expertise to other national

    organizations interested in promoting the professionof psychologist as a liberal profession

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    Thank you!

    Ion Duvac, PhD

    [email protected]

    +40741 565 143

    www.ionduvac.ro

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