The complexity involved in preventing suicidal behavior requires the development of a multimodal, integrated prevention strategy that covers the entire population while adapting to...

In 2018, France adopted a “Mental Health and Psychiatry” roadmap, in which suicide prevention is a top priority. Effective prevention tools have been identified; the challenge now is to...

A literature review on the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities was conducted by Santé publique France as part of a partnership initiated in 2008 with the National...

Except in the case of the most severe conditions, mental health has long been considered a private matter, contributing to family taboos and the stigmatization of people with mental...

The teacher training curriculum has been overhauled in recent years. The regulations now call for the introduction of health education modules, as this topic has become one of the...

The initial results of the 2010 Health Barometer from the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (Inpes) confirm the recent increase in smoking in France. The proportion...

A survey recently published by INPES shows that the use of addictive substances—alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other drugs—is on the rise among young people in French Polynesia. By...

A survey conducted by INPES and INCa, and published in October 2011, shows that the ban on smoking in public places, implemented in 2007 and 2008, has significantly reduced smoking in...

In the general population, according to the INPES Health Barometer, the prevalence of a major depressive episode in the past twelve months remained stable between 2005 and 2010. In...

The "Baromètre Santé" survey conducted by INPES in 2010 makes it possible, given the size of the sample of respondents, to analyze the use of addictive substances by economic sector. -...