Process

The specific objectives of MINDFUL, which encompasses the co-ordinating project and 6 partnership projects, are to fine-tune the readily available indicators with the goal of harmonising their utilisation throughout the Member States. An analysis of the determinants of mental health and mental ill-health is performed; an investigation into the mental health monitoring systems in the new Member States is carried out; a system for monitoring the impact of policies and programmes promoting mental health is developed. MINDFUL includes training and monitoring for effective mental health promotion and a system for monitoring service utilisation data. Furthermore, it entails development of the current survey and reporting methods with regard to mental health.

Taken together, the independent partnership projects of MINDFUL are intended to support each other with the specific aim of building up a truly comprehensive system that takes into account various aspects of the mental health field feasible within the European Union context. A proposal for such a system is the principal goal of MINDFUL. Consequently, the project promotes the usage of a feasible and coherent set of mental health indicators in the Member States.