[PRESS] 🗞️ Mental health: from a great cause to the test of time

Mental health: from a great cause to the test of time

On the occasion of Mental Health Week, Brain&Mind is joining forces with a collective opinion piece published in Libération et Porté with the Institut Montaigne and the National Federation of French Mutuality (FNMF) to recall a strong conviction: mental health must remain a national cause beyond symbols and timelines.

‍Despite awareness-raising efforts, stigma persists and access to care all too often remains an obstacle course. The numbers are clear:

- 13 million French people suffer from psychological disorders
- 75% appear before the age of 24
- 70% adhere to a stereotype about mental health.

The response must be collective and sustainable: train, prevent, support, support, destigmatize, support actors in the field and build a coherent public policy over the long term.

Nearly 30 committed signatories, including Brain&Mind, contributed to this forum, representing the institutional, political, medical, associative, mutual and research worlds:

- Jean-Victor Blanc, psychiatrist, founder of Pop & Psy
- Rachel Bocher, psychiatrist, president of the National Intersyndicate of Hospital Practitioners
- Jérémie Boroy, president National Advisory Council for Persons with Disabilities
- Arnaud de Broca, president Collective Handicaps
- Jonathan Chabert, assistant university clinical manager, psychiatric hospitals, Paris-Est-Créteil University
- Eric Chenut, president FNMF - Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Française
- Johanna Couvreur, director of Quartet Santé
- Victor Delage, founder-CEO Institut Terram
- Abdoulaye Diarra, Director of Citizen Innovation in Mental Health - Facets
- Helno Eyriey, rapporteur on “Mental health and well-being of children and young people: a societal issue” Economic Social and Environmental Council
- Daniel Goldberg, Uniopss President
- Jean-Carles Grelier, deputy
- Dominique Joseph, president of the EESC Health & Citizenship Group
- Chantal Jourdan, deputy
- Daniele JOURDAIN MENNINGER, president, committee, social affairs and health, EESC
- Denis Leguay, psychiatrist, president Mental Health France
- Pierre-Michel Llorca, psychiatrist, head of psychiatry department, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital
- Angèle Malâtre-Lansac, general delegate Alliance for Mental Health
- Gentiana Malo, Astrée General Delegate
- Claire Morin, co-founder Lyynk
- Marie Rose Moro, psychiatrist, head of department at Maison de Solenn
- Maxime Perez Zitvogel, founder of La Maison Perché
- Matthias SAVIGNAC, president of MGEN
- Margaux Tellier-Poulain, health and social protection project manager at Institut Montaigne
- Solanges Vala-Nadille, senator
- Muriel Vidalenc, president FIRST AID IN MENTAL HEALTH FRANCE (PSSM FRANCE)

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