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    Date: 2023-09-22 18:36:47.364804

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Person with Psychosocial Disability

Requested from DOH by M. del Rosario at 06:36 PM on Sep 22, 2023.
Purpose: For Research and development for architectural capstone
Date of Coverage: 09/21/2023 - 09/22/2023
Tracking no: #DOH-387880277874

del Rosario 06:36 PM, Sep 22, 2023

Hi! I'm Marielle del Rosario, a 5th year architecture student conducting my final year capstone about proposed primary to secondary school for learner's with autism. In order to justify my capstone, may I ask for the following data needed:

1. Distribution of Persons with Disability with Issued ID, by Region, Province, and Types of Disability from 2016-2022

2. Distribution of Persons with Psychosocial Disability, by Region, Province, and Disorders under Psychosocial Disability (including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorder) from 2016-2022

Thank you!

Receiving Officer 10:32 AM, Sep 23, 2023

September 23, 2023

Dear Marielle,

Thank you for your request dated Sep 22, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Person with Psychosocial Disability.

We received your request on Sep 22, 2023 and will respond on or before Oct 13, 2023 06:36:47 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0zODc4ODAyNzc4NzQM, for request with ticket number #DOH-387880277874.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 10:48 AM, Sep 25, 2023

Dear Marielle,

Please be informed that we are endorsing your request to the DOH Disease Prevention and Control Bureau (DPCB) for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you.

All the best and God bless!

del Rosario 01:34 PM, Oct 02, 2023

Hi! May I ask for a follow-up on my request?  Thank you!

del Rosario 03:13 AM, Oct 09, 2023

Hi! May I follow up on this request? Thank you!

Maker 09:45 AM, Jan 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

Dear Marielle del Rosario,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 22, 2023 06:36:47 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Person with Psychosocial Disability.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

Please refer to the Mental Health Program posted in the DOH website 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 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.

The Mental Health Division has yet to establish the Mental Health Information System that integrates and consolidates mental health related data including cases on mental health conditions.

Unfortunately, we cannot provide you with the up-to-date statistics as we are yet to establish a mental health information system (MHIS) but we are also pleased to share with you the attached National Survey for Mental Health and Well-being

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.

Visit the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) at https://hfsrb.doh.gov.ph/list-of-licensed-health-facilities/ for the list of the DOH accredited health facilities including Psychiatric Care facility for mental health patients

Please be informed that we can only provide some information requested 

Should you have further inquiries on the matter, kindly direct your concern to the DOH Mental Health Division at telephone number: (02) 8651-7800 local 1733 or email at  the Mental Health Division email (dpcbscd@doh.gov.ph).  

Kindly accomplish the FOI Request Feedback form at the link https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm

Thank you

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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 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
 Deaf and PWD people in the Philippines.pdf
 NSMHW  Report and Policy Recommendations  version 38_07012023 (2) (1).pdf
 Physical Disability, ADHD & PWD.pdf

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