#mhact

To whoever reading this: Your mental health natters. You are not weak. You are not rude. You are not insane. You are not lazy. You are not crazy. You are not your illness and it doesn't define you. Your feelings are valid. You are strong, enough, and brave. There is nothing to be ashamed of. It's okay to ask for a help!

Everyone you meet is fighting and struggling a battle you know nothing about. It is not hard to be kind all the time. Choose your words carefully and let them feel that they are not alone. Do not easily judge what you cannot understand.

LET US RAISE AWARENESS NOT STIGMA. TOGETHER, WE CAN DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL ILLNESS.

Cautiously Optimistic: Mental Health Law

Last thursday, June 21, 2018, R.A. 11036 was signed into law in the Philippines. R.A. 11036 is also known as the Mental Health Act of 2017.

I couldn’t find a copy of it yet, but here is the Senate Bill: https://www.aseanlip.com/philippines/general/legislation/bill-of-the-mental-health-act-of-2017/AL13877

When I first heard the news, I wasn’t overjoyed. In fact, I was a bit indifferent. What would…

THE DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) will push for the inclusion of the mental health bill in the priority legislative agenda in President Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 25.

“It’s important that our legislators be aligned with the priorities of the executive branch in terms of pushing for legislation and policies that would benefit the Filipino people,” Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said in a press briefing recently.