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Dec 9, 2025
Prioritise mental health problems, experts urge new cabinet - DutchNews.nl
DutchNews.nl
The next cabinet should make broad, long-term investments in mental health, public health institute RIVM and the Trimbos addiction clinic said on Tuesday at the presentation of their latest monitor.
The report shows that mental pressure in the Netherlands is increasing. While around 85% of people report being satisfied with their lives, four in ten experience anxiety or depressive feelings and one in four adults has a psychological disorder.
The impact is significant, with high costs for healthcare, sick leave and disability, and the decline is most marked among teenagers, young adults and women, the agency said.
"This is a worrying decline, which began before the coronavirus pandemic," Marith Volp, director of public health at the RIVM, told broadcaster NOS. "Mental health is under pressure."
