Department of Health(DOH)

Dear Clarence, Please be informed that we are endorsing your request to the Disease Prevention and Control Bureau (DPCB) Mental Health Division for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you. All the best and God bless!

November 24, 2023 Dear CLARENCE VIADO, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 03, 2023 05:34:42 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for list of all mental illnesses in the philippines. Response to Request As per National Mental Health Program, 1. List of all mental illnesses in the Philippines - please refer to the mhGAP for priority conditions 2. Types of facilities for mental health in the Philippines - please check the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan 2020-2040 3. Long term and short term illnesses that have many cases in the Philippines - needs to be specified as mental health conditions may be classified as chronic conditions and delivery of health services varies (not all MH conditions require hospitalizations) 4. Top 5 region in the Philippines with a high rates of patients with mental illness - please refer to the NSMHW We hope to address your request as best as possible. Please refer to the Mental Health Program for an overview of the services we provide and some materials we readily share. Rest assured that the Mental Health Division looks into these conditions in compliance with RA11036, otherwise known as the Mental Health Act, which encompasses mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders. As for your request, the proposed Mental Health Information System (MHIS) covers the statistics of priority conditions as stipulated in the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) namely: depression, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, suicide, epilepsy, dementia, disorders due to use of alcohol, disorders due to use of illicit drugs, and mental disorders in children. The MHIS (to be managed by the National Center for Mental Health) should integrate and consolidate mental health related data including cases on mental health conditions. As stated, not all listed cases would have data in our surveys and we are yet to improve hospital data through the establishment of electronic medical records. Currently, we do not have consolidated data on mental health conditions across all private and public and private health facilities.In the meantime, we would like to share with you the terminal report (attached) of the National Survey for Mental Health and Wellbeing (NSMHW) to give us a picture of the mental health status of the country as a whole while we wait for the consolidation of electronic medical records of patients and as we improve our information systems. The study is a household survey that was commissioned by DOH to provide information on the state of mental health in the country while we improve our hospital data. Attached is also a study to give the general overview of the state of mental health services in the country. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer