Call: Severe mental disorders and the risk of violence: pathways through care and effective treatment strategies

The EU is required by its founding treaty to ensure that human health is protected as part of all its policies, and to work with the EU countries to improve public health, prevent human illness and eliminate sources of danger to physical and mental health.

The 3rd Health Programme has 4 overarching objectives. It seeks to:

1. Promote health, prevent diseases and foster supportive environments for healthy lifestyles taking into account the 'health in all policies' principle,
2. Protect Union citizens from serious cross-border health threats,
3. Contribute to innovative, efficient and sustainable health systems,
4. Facilitate access to better and safer healthcare for Union citizens.

The third EU health programme is the main instrument the European Commission uses to implement the EU health strategy. It is implemented by means of annual work plans which set out priority areas and the criteria for funding actions under the programme. The total budget for the programme is € 449.4 million.

• To identify factors associated with risk of violence to self and others in patients with severe mental disorders,
• To assess tools capable of predicting violence risk, for decision-making,
• To evaluate effective in-patient and out-patient treatments in order to assist in the planning of services (clinicians, managers, lawmakers and governments) in the development of preventative and supportive measures,
• To compare national variations in pathways into and out of care, including specialized secure services in different countries.