Department of Health

Receiving Officer 04:34 PM, Oct 30, 2023

October 30, 2023

Dear Kristine Joanne,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 29, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Mental Health data - Cebu City.

We received your request on Oct 29, 2023 and will respond on or before Nov 17, 2023 10:21:47 PM, 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://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zMDEwMjA1MjgyNjYM, for request with ticket number #DOH-301020528266.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 09:27 AM, Oct 31, 2023

Good day!

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to Central Visayas Center for Health Development (CHD) for action. Kindly await for their response.

Thank you!

Maker 03:02 PM, Jan 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

Dear Kristine Joanne Pepito,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 29, 2023 10:21:47 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Mental Health data - Cebu City.

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 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, otherwise known as the Mental Health Act, which encompasses mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders.

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 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 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.

 Please be informed we can only provide some of the requested information

Kindly accomplish 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 DOH 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 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:
 2020 Mental Health Atlas.pdf
 NSMHW  Report and Policy Recommendations  version 38_07012023 (2) (1).pdf