Evaluation of the mental health care systems in the Czech Republic and EU countries

Abstract

The issue of the mental health of the population is currently among the highlighted topics in all developed economies of the world. In the countries of the European Union, an increasing prevalence of mental illnesses in the population has recently been observed. This trend became even more pronounced in connection with the period of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2022. The article deals with the topic of evaluation of psychiatric care systems in the Czech Republic and EU countries. The goal is to evaluate the implementation of the mental health care system in the Czech Republic in comparison with EU countries. Within the framework of the research, the EU countries were ranked according to success in the implementation of mental health care based on the analysis of selected indicators describing the development and state of implementation of mental health care systems, including policies, legislation and prevention, and based on the use of the WSA multi-criteria method.