Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-05-Speech-2-349"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Improving the mental health of the population towards a strategy on mental health for the EU (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060905.27.2-349"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-05-Speech-2-3502
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonios Trakatellis2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-20--2007-05-23)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, according to the World Health Organisation, mental health is necessary to the wellbeing of individuals, societies and countries and must be addressed globally on a new basis, from a new point of view which creates new hope. In this report, we are guided by the data of the World Health Organisation and are, for the first time, inaugurating a systematic effort to promote mental health. The families of sufferers, which provide material and moral support to their members suffering from mental health problems, fall victim, together with the persons in question, to the negative consequences of the stigma and of the discrimination which accompanies these illnesses. Consequently, support for them by professionals in order to meet their obvious needs, together with information and a systematic fight against the stigma are necessary components when addressing mental illnesses. I consider it equally necessary to investigate the mechanisms and causes of these illnesses and to improve the corresponding treatment, including the development of new treatment methods. Here I should like to emphasise that the most important difference between these patients and most other serious conditions which may even lead to death is that they upset the functioning of the brain, such as for example memory functions, cognitive functions and the conscience, in other words the functions which are inextricably bound up with the personality of the human being. This personality is eroded and may ultimately be destroyed by many of these conditions. Consequently, if the objective of prevention and cure of human illness is a very serious priority, then the corresponding objective relating to neuro-psychological illnesses is the top priority if we wish to prevent the quintessence of European society from being eroded and breaking up, especially as this society includes in its composition many elderly people who, as we know, are vulnerable to neuro-degenerative illnesses. To close, I wish to say that, bearing firmly in mind that prevention, timely recognition and correct treatment significantly limit the personal, economic and social consequences, I believe that, in voting for the excellent report by my honourable friend, Mr Bowis, we are inaugurating a course that will give mental illnesses the serious priority they warrant and result in more effective action against this modern scourge."@en1

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