Flash Eurobarometer 530 (Mental Health)

Mental health issues in the EU.<br>Topics: most important feeling in day-to-day life during the past four weeks; influence of recent world events on personal mental health; activities and behaviours that contribute most to good mental health; most important factors to achieve good mental health; most important areas in which the European Union can contribute the most to improve mental health of European citizens; best suited environments in which to detect mental health problems best in an early stage: primary and community care, hospitals, social services, educational settings, working environment, sports or creative or leisure activities, other, none of these; most important characteristics of good quality mental healthcare; assessment of the quality of mental health services based on own experience or on that of acquainted persons before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic; experienced issues accessing mental health services; kind of issues encountered; assessment of the impact of social media use by children and young people on mental health; different judgement of mental health patients compared to other patients by: society in general, medical professionals, people in educational or professional settings; attitude towards the following statements about people with mental health issues in the own country: receive same level of care as those with a physical condition, mental health promotion is as important as physical health promotion, people with mental health issues are perceived as less capable and contributing less to society, are seen as less sociable, get less opportunities at work or in finding housing or in social activities etc., mental health issues are perceived as not curable; emotional or psychosocial problems in the last twelve months; experienced symptoms; professional help for mental health problems in the last twelve months from: general practitioner, psychiatrist, pharmacist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, nurse, social worker; most effective solutions to tackle mental health issues.

Demography: age; sex; nationality; type of community; family situation; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; household composition and household size; region.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; device used for interview; nation group; weighting factor.