Mental health service coverage and gaps among adults in Europe: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Ensuring the right to the highest attainable standard of mental healthcare requires a clear understanding of the current state of service coverage and gaps across Europe. Given the wide heterogeneity of health systems and resources, systematically assessing these gaps is crucial in order to identify inequities, inform policy and guide efforts to strengthen care at regional and national levels. In this Series paper, we systematically reviewed 45 studies reporting 198 national or sub-national estimates of adult mental health service coverage and treatment gaps in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. Data were scarce for many countries and conditions, heterogeneous in definitions, and rarely longitudinal, limiting comparability and trend analysis. Coverage for psychotic disord

SUBMITTER: Barbui C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12541639 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature