The days when it was considered unusual or perhaps even a little strange to have a mental health problem have long gone. We've known for some time that mental health problems affect more people than might appear on official records but the sheer scale of the problem these days means we should be looking to ways to turn things around.

Recent research from the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology states that in any one year more than a third of the population of Europe suffer from a mental...