Department of Health(DOH)

July 30, 2021 Dear Marijoy Tamondong, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jul 27, 2021 07:10:32 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for The number of mental health cases in the Philippines - per region. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Thank you for your interest in Mental Health. We hope to address your request as best as possible. Please refer to the Mental Health Program (https://www.doh.gov.ph/national-mental-health-program) for an overview of the services we provide. We are expecting that the National Survey for Mental Health and Well-Being (NSMHW) be finished this year (September 2021). Hospital data isn't the same for all and not everyone has electronic medical records. We are planning to address that in the future by setting up a Mental Health Information System through the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH). We would like to share with you the latest Mental Health Atlas 2017 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272735/9789241514019-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y) as reference. This is our country profile. The 2020 version is still not published. We prioritize through the use of the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) at https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/mental-health-gap-action-programme. The mhGAP focuses on services for mental, neurological and substance use disorders specifically in the 9 priority conditions: depression, psychosis, epilepsy/seizures, developmental disorders, behavioral disorders, dementia, alcohol use, drug use and self-harm. Thank you 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 Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Chair of Data Governance Oversight Committee/ DOH 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