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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, one in six people in the EU suffered from mental health issues. This situation has worsened with the unprecedented crises experienced over the past years, such as the pandemic, the war on Ukraine, the climate crisis, unemployment and rising living costs. This has placed additional pressures on people's mental health, especially among the young and those with pre-existing mental health conditions. Mental health is an integral part of health. It is a priority for the European Commission, which has supported actions and projects over the past 25 years that improve people’s mental health in the EU and beyond. On 7 June 2023, the Commission adopted the Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health, which will help Member States and stakeholders to take swift action to deal with mental health challenges. With this new Communication, the European Commission is putting mental health on par with physical health. To get a better overview of the views of EU citizens towards mental health, the European Commission, Directorate-General for Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, commissioned a Flash Eurobarometer survey. In the context of this survey, mental health is understood as being a state of well-being that enables people to cope with the various challenges and stresses of life, realise their own abilities, learn and work productively, and contribute to their community. Mental health is an integral and essential component of health and is more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities. This survey concerns issues such as worries, anxieties and feelings of depression; neurological mental disorders such as Alzheimer or Parkinson, although they can be associated, are not addressed.
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