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    This document summarizes the key points of the Mental Health Act in the Philippines. The law aims to promote mental health and well-being by securing rights and services for those with mental illness. It mandates integrating psychiatric services into hospitals and educating the public about mental health. The law is significant because it aims to eliminate stigma and ensure all in need can access help. It is especially relevant now as mental health issues like depression are prevalent in the Philippines.

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    This document summarizes the key points of the Mental Health Act in the Philippines. The law aims to promote mental health and well-being by securing rights and services for those with mental illness. It mandates integrating psychiatric services into hospitals and educating the public about mental health. The law is significant because it aims to eliminate stigma and ensure all in need can access help. It is especially relevant now as mental health issues like depression are prevalent in the Philippines.

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    This document summarizes the key points of the Mental Health Act in the Philippines. The law aims to promote mental health and well-being by securing rights and services for those with mental illness. It mandates integrating psychiatric services into hospitals and educating the public about mental health. The law is significant because it aims to eliminate stigma and ensure all in need can access help. It is especially relevant now as mental health issues like depression are prevalent in the Philippines.

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    Ra 11036

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    This document summarizes the key points of the Mental Health Act in the Philippines. The law aims to promote mental health and well-being by securing rights and services for those with mental illness. It mandates integrating psychiatric services into hospitals and educating the public about mental health. The law is significant because it aims to eliminate stigma and ensure all in need can access help. It is especially relevant now as mental health issues like depression are prevalent in the Philippines.

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    RODRIGUEZ, Marion Patricia L.

    1E
    L-1800073

    R.A. 11036
    “The Mental Health Act”

    The Mental Health Act is an exercise of the basic right of the Filipinos to mental health
    as well as the fundamental rights of the people who require access to mental health services. This
    law is an avenue to promote the well being of the people by securing the rights and welfare of
    persons who are suffering from mental illness, provide mental health services down to the
    barangays; integrate psychiatric, psychosocial and neurologic services in regional, provincial,
    and tertiary hospitals, improve the country’s mental health care facilities, and educate the people
    about mental health in schools and workplaces.

    This law is very significant because it basically screams that HELP IS HERE. Gone are
    the days wherein people with mental illness or disabilities are being judged and excluded from
    the society. Gone are the days that mental health problems are being disregarded because people
    believe that it is just in the mind of the person suffering and that, he can conquer it or heal it
    himself. And also, gone are the days where people suffer silently in the dark and cries for help
    but no one hears it.

    The Mental Health Act is very relevant with what is happening in our society because
    according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros, the author and principal sponsor of the law, every day, 7
    Filipinos turn to suicide. 1 in 5 Filipino adults also suffers from a form of mental disorder such
    as depression, which is very common to Filipino teenagers nowadays. This law is the answer to
    cease mental health issues and for it to be an invisible sickness spoken only in whispers.

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