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World Mental Health Day: MEP Alliance for Mental Health Supporters call for a European Year for Mental Health
“I made a career out of my illness.” – Quality of Life Blog Series
“I made a career out of my illness.” GAMIAN-Europe Quality of Life Blog Series Fanni-Laura Mantyla is upbeat and optimistic. When she speaks, she does so openly about her challenging journey, exuding a sense of positivity that can only leave her listeners with a...
“I was starting a new life.” – Quality of Life Blog Series
“I was starting a new life.” GAMIAN-Europe Quality of Life Blog Series Ricky was in his early 30s when he first got fired from a job. He was often absent and unable to perform his duties, which took a toll on his professional life. He got fired three more times from...
“It made me the person that I am now.” – Quality of Life Blog Series
“It made me the person that I am now.” GAMIAN-Europe Quality of Life Blog Series One of the hardest things Tineke Mollema had to do was to accept she has bipolar disorder. Things had to get worse before they got better — with a hospital admission — to let it fully...
“Don’t let it define you” – Quality of Life Blog Series
'Don't let it define you' GAMIAN-Europe Quality of Life Blog Series As a singer, dancer and writer, Yammie Fishel is an inspiring example of what it means to thrive while coping with a mental health condition. The 28-year-old Belgian was diagnosed with...
Call for stories! Mind@Work Project Press Release
MIND@WORK PROJECT: JOINT PRESS STATEMENT COLLABORATIVE PROJECT INVITES YOUNG ADULTS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND SHAPE HEALTHIER WORK CULTURES OF THE FUTURE 23.6.2021 The Mind@Work Project, a collaborative initiative between young adults, mental health...
Call for services – Organisations working in young people’s mental health
Call for services to host training abroad - providing a knowledge sharing visit and experiential placements with an organisation servicing young people who need mental health supportRichmond Foundation is in the process of setting up a Mental Well-being Center for...
PRESS RELEASE – Making Mental Health Everybody’s Business: MEPs and stakeholders call for a European Year
Press release Brussels, 3 April 2021 In a statement sent today, 40 MEPs and over a 120 concerned individuals and organisations call on the European Commission to designate 2023 as the European Year for...
Release of the COVID-19 Survey Report!
How did the pandemic affect individuals with pre-existing mental health conditions? Our brand-new report gives an overview of the findings for an online survey carried out between September and December 2020 by GAMIAN-Europe; during the first year of the...
GAMIAN-Europe launches a Call to the European Commission to designate 2023 as the European Year for Mental Health!
‘Empowering people affected by mental ill health’
Brain Awareness Week Brand-New Infographic!
Infographic for this year's Brain Awareness WeekBrain science is essential to understanding how we can better help people with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. For Brain Awareness Week 2021, we call for more research...
GAMIAN-Europe booth at EPA Congress!
GAMIAN-Europe virtual booth to be featured at the 2021 EPA CongressWe are pleased to announce that we will be holding a virtual booth at the EPA Congress that will be held from 10-13 April 2021.This year's congress will explore the theme of “Personalising...
‘Campaigning for a dedicated European Year for Mental Health’ – Second Virtual Meeting to be held on 23 March
Written Questions to the Commission: EU Mental Health Strategy and European Year for Mental Health
Release of the Schizophrenia Guide II
Are you a person with Schizophrenia, or are you caring for someone with a diagnosis of Schizophrenia?Produced in collaboration with EUFAMI, our new Schizophrenia guide is informed by first-hand experiences of patients and carers. The Schizophrenia...
PRESS RELEASE – Campaigning for a European Year for Mental Health
Press release Brussels, 10 November In a meeting of the MEP Alliance for Mental Health, held today, representatives of mental health-related organisations and MEPs underlined the need...
The Third Edition of the SYNCHROS Newsletter
It is with great pleasure that we'd like to announce the launch of the 3rd Edition of the SYNCHROS Newsletter, in which we provide you with the latest project updates.The publication of the newsletter came right before World Mental Health Day....
Avoiding a Mental Health Pandemic – Article
MEP Alliance for Mental Health co-chairs (Alex Agius Saliba, Estrella Dura Fernandez, Radka Maxová, Maria Walsh, and Tomas Zdechovsky) recently published an article in the Parliament Magazine on the need to recognise and act to prevent the exacerbation of mental...
‘Campaigning for a dedicated European Year for Mental Health’ – Virtual Meeting to be held on 10 Nov
New horizons for person-centred mental health research and care
