Department of Health

Receiving Officer 10:42 AM, Oct 09, 2023

October 9, 2023

Dear Ghemille Ross,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 06, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Number of Mental Health Cases in every Region.

We received your request on Oct 06, 2023 and will respond on or before Oct 27, 2023 11:39:39 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://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC03NjUzNzEyOTE3MjcM, for request with ticket number #DOH-765371291727.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 11:17 AM, Oct 09, 2023

Good day! 

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to DOH- DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL BUREAU for action. 

Kindly await for their response. 

Thank you.

Maker 11:24 AM, Jan 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

Dear Ghemille Ross Roxas,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 06, 2023 11:39:39 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Number of Mental Health Cases in every Region.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

Thank you for your interest in mental health. This is in response to your eFOI request (#DOH-438223957847 & #DOH-765371291727) regarding the statistics of mental health conditions in the Philippines including regional data specifically in CALABARZON and Central Luzon. 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 encompassess 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. Although this may also be through the improvement of the iClinicSys of the DOH Knowledge Management and Information Technology Service (KMITS). 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.

Attached is the directory of Centers for Health Development for your reference. You may ask in these offices for specific data. If you require further information or clarification, feel free to reply to this email. Thank you very much!


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
 S205647401800034Xa (1).pdf