Department of Health

Receiving Officer 09:00 AM, Jan 24, 2024

January 24, 2024

Dear Lowella,

Thank you for your request dated Jan 24, 2024 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for The Total number of Mental Illness in the Philippines from 2018 to 2024.

We received your request on Jan 24, 2024 and will respond on or before Feb 14, 2024 06:09:41 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://foipmo12032021112659-dot-efoi-ph.uc.r.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC00NDY1NzI4ODA5NDYM, for request with ticket number #DOH-446572880946.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 10:20 AM, Jan 24, 2024

January 24, 2024

Dear Lowella Pollante,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 24, 2024, 06:09:41 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for The Total number of Mental Illness in the Philippines from 2018 to 2024.

Response to Request

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 at https://doh.gov.ph/national-mental-health-program for an overview of the services we provide and some materials we readily share.  Rest assured that the Specialty Care Division looks into these conditions in compliance with RA11036 at https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11036_2018.html, otherwise known as the Mental Health Act, which encompasses mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders.

We would like to share with you the attached latest Mental Health Atlas 2020 as reference. This is our country profile at https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mental-health-atlas-2017-country-profile-philippines

The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) at https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/treatment-care/mental-health-gap-action-programme, which 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.

We would like to share with you the draft 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. 

Kindly complete the FOI Feedback request form at the link: https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm

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 the Central Appeals and Review Committee, at foi@doh.gov.ph. 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 about 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

Attachments:
 NSMHW-Report-and-Policy-Recommendations-version-38_07012023-2-1.pdf
 2020-Mental-Health-Atlas.pdf