Last but not least, mental health services in the Slovak Republic are underfunded and have limitations resulting from totalitarian history [115,116]. Therefore, there is a great opportunity to improve mental health policy [117]. Political attention should be paid not only to the physical, but also to the mental health of the population, which has its socio-economic value. In this sense, strategies and funding should be strengthened, with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) playing an important role [118]. The main challenges for policy makers are to remove various barriers and to develop effective intervention strategies. The first policy effort should therefore focus on implementing mental health into general health policy, improving public awareness of mental health and reallocating resources towards high-priority mental health needs and vulnerable groups [119].
