Training Module on the Right to Mental Health MentalHealthinthePhilippines • Mental,Neurological,andSubstanceUse(MNS) disordersposeasignificantchallengeinthePhilippines. • In2017,thetwomostcommonmentalhealth conditions,anxietyanddepression,accountedforover 800,000yearsoflifelivedwithdisabilityinthecountry. • ReportedsuicideratesinthePhilippineshavebeen increasingoverthepastseveraldecades,particularly amongyoungpeople. • Thelatestestimateofsuicideratesin2015wasthat17% ofyoungpeopleaged13Ͳ15hadattemptedsuicide. Slide 6 Training Module on the Right to Mental Health for Civil Society Organizations MentalHealthinthePhilippines • RA11036orMentalHealthLaw(2018) • MentalHealthisabasicrightofall Filipinosandisafundamentalrightof peoplewhorequirementalhealth services. Training Module on the Right to Mental Health for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for Civil Society Organizations ImagetakenfromABSCBNNEWS Slide 7 Training Module on the Right to Mental Health for Civil Society Organizations MentalHealthinthePhilippines Mentalhealthservicesusersshallbe: • • • • Freefromcoercion Abletoexercisefullrangeofhuman rights Abletoparticipatefullyinsocietyand work Freefromstigmatizationand discrimination Slide 8 52