Globally, depression and anxiety increased by more than 25% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 17, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the World...

The “lockdown” in France in the spring of 2020, due to its scale and duration, took a toll on the mental health of many people. Studies conducted during this period showed that...

Long limited to psychiatric disorders, the concept of mental health has broadened to now include everyone’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being. This comprehensive and...

Once stigmatized, mental health is now viewed as just as important as physical health. Progress has been made in recent years, driven in particular by the provisions of the 2018 Mental...

Today, well-known figures—artists, athletes, influencers—publicly share their mental health struggles. This shows just how far we’ve come over the decades, when the “madman” was confined...

Stigma surrounding mental health has a significant impact on the daily lives of those affected. While societal perceptions of mental illness have evolved over the past few decades,...

Training professionals in mental health promotion according to validated quality criteria is a major challenge. The European Promise project identified ten criteria, which have been...

The previous special issue of *La Santé de l'homme* devoted to mental health was published in May–June 2002 (No. 359, online: http://www.inpes.sante.fr/SLH/sommaires/359.htm). It...

A new development in the French public health landscape, local mental health councils (CLSMs) are expanding rapidly; to date, more than 130 CLSMs are operational. They bring together all...

This special issue of *La santé de l'homme*, consisting of nine articles, addresses the challenges and shortcomings of the mental health system and outlines the main directions of the...