European mental health policy is increasingly framed around approaches that are comprehensive, integrative, and responsive to digital transformation. EFPA's Mental Health policy initiatives reflect this by calling for mental health in all policies, a focus on prevention and promotion, and attention to cross-cutting issues such as climate change, crises, workplace wellbeing, and social determinants.


These priorities are consistent with the European Commission's Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health, but it is emphasised that breadth alone is insufficient: integration across member states, sectors, and stakeholders is essential to avoid duplication and inefficiency, and to mobilise the wealth of expertise already present in professional associations, communities, NGOs, and those with lived experience.


The digital dimension of mental health policy requires particular consideration. EFPA's Digitalisation agenda suggests that technology be understood not only as a tool for service delivery, but also as a determinant of wellbeing in its own right. Issues such as algorithmic transparency, online harms, misinformation, digital literacy, and equitable access are shaping how psychological health is experienced in increasingly hybrid environments. Framing these as digital social determinants allows lessons from physical contexts—such as workplace safety, education, and community care—to be transposed into digital and hybrid spaces.


Looking forward, European mental health policy will need to be flexible, resilient, and ethically grounded in order to respond to fast-moving technological and societal change. EFPA advocates that a framework which is both comprehensive, integrative, and cognisant of digital social determinants offers the most sustainable path for supporting population wellbeing across Europe.