MEPs want the key target groups identified by the Commission (children, employees, older people and disadvantaged members of society) to be extended to include those with severe mental illness, those with long-term and terminal illnesses, the disabled, prisoners, ethnic and other minority groups, those sleeping rough, migrants, those in precarious jobs and the unemployed.
Parlaments atzīst, ka garīgā neveselība ir saistīta ar ievērojamiem individuāliem izdevumiem un patērē ievērojamas summas valsts budžetos.