INE's National Health Survey finds 11.9 percent of people aged 15 and over consulted a psychiatrist, psychologist or psychotherapist in a year, 2.9 percent could not get care they needed, and women are twice as likely to take medicines for insomnia, anxiety and depression.
Five of the six young adults left in specialist care units had a serious mental illness, the Ombudsman's inspectors found. A unit for young offenders recommended years ago has still not opened.
The psychologists' professional body counts up to 40.5 working days a year lost or impaired per worker, and says prevention could save close to 4 billion euros annually.
The number of people treated for gambling disorder by ICAD more than doubled between 2023 and 2025. Most men at the new Lisbon unit are under 40, and its team includes an accountant.
The addiction institute's survey of 11,083 state-school pupils aged 13 to 18 finds problems down since 2019, as marks and parental rules improve, but a sharper divide for pupils who mix alcohol and drugs, and the Alentejo now tops the risk table.
The free SNS line opened on 10 September 2025. Women and 18 to 29 year olds call most, 80 percent of calls were answered in about 50 seconds, and 19:00 to 21:00 is the busiest time.
The national mental health coordinator puts the number of patients kept in psychiatric hospitals for lack of community places at 300-odd, and the continuing-care network at 590 places. Intensive rehabilitation units for Lisbon, Coimbra and Porto are waiting on a government decision.
