Psychosocial wellbeing and psychiatric care in the European Communities: analysis of macro indicators.

Background: This paper reports the findings of an analytical comparison of several macro indicators collected routinely from institutional sources in Europe.

Methods: We carried out a review of macro indicators capable of providing a synthetic description of mental health status and the availability of psychiatric care in European countries. These were collected routinely from sources such as WHO, OECD, EUROSTAT, and IMS.