Unit 2

• Mental health and Psychosocial support is a mandate of the UN and the WHO (abbrev.)
• Universal Health coverage - all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship
• The Universal Health Coverage is mandated by the WHO (abbrev)
• Universal Health Care - the provision to every Filipino of the highest possible quality of health care that is accessible, efficient, equitably distributed, adequately funded, fairly financed, and appropriately used by an informed an empowered public
• The Universal Health Care, also referred to as Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP), is mandated by the DOH (abbrev)
• RA 11223 - aka the Universal Health Care act
• RA 11223 - all Filipinos are guaranteed equitable access to quality and affordable health care good and services, and protected against financial risk
• RA 11036 - aka the Philippine Mental Health Law
• RA 11036 - an act establishing a national mental health policy for the purpose of enhancing the delivery of integrated mental health services, promoting and protecting the rights of persons utilizing psychiatric, neurologic, and psychosocial health services, appropriating fungs therefor, and for other purposes
• According to the Sec 2. of RA 11036, the state affirms the basic right of all Filipinos to mental health as well as the fundamental rights of people who require mental health services
• Mental health services - refers tot he psychosocial, psychiatric, or neurologic activities and programs along the whole range of the mental health support services including PROMOTION, PREVENTION, TREATMENT, and AFTERCARE
• Mental Health Service Provider - an entity or individual providing mental health services as defined in RA 11036.
• True or False: The following is a Mental Health Service Provider

  Peer counselor

  True
• True or False: The following is a Mental Health Service Provider

  Social workers and counselors

  True
• True or False: The following is a Mental Health Service Provider

  Informal community caregiver

  True
• True or False: The following is a Mental Health Service Provider

  Someone offering nonmedical alternative therapies

  True
• Mental Health Professional - an appropriately-trained and qualified person with skills relevant to the provision of mental health services (medical doctor, psychologist, social worker, etc.)
• Mental Health Workers - refers to a trained person, volunteer or advocate providing support under the supervision of a mental health professional
• Service user - a person with lived experience of any mental health condition
• Chapter V, Sec. 25 - aka Mental Health in Education Institutions
• [RA 11036] Chapter V, Sec. 25 - educational institutions shall develop policies and program for students ,educators, and other employees
• [RA 11036] Chapter V, Sec. 26 - aka Mental Health programs and Policies in the workplace
• [RA 11036] Chapter V, Sec. 26 - Employers shall develop appropriate policies and programs on mental health in the workplace
• RA 7277 - aka the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
• RA 9442 - An act amending RA 7277
• RA 10524 - an act expanding the positions reserved for persons with disability
• RA 10754 - an act expanding the benefits and privileges of people with disabilites
• RA 11228 - an act providing for the rehabilitation, self-development, and self-reliance of persons with disability
• RA 10173 - aka the Confidentiality, and Data Privacy Act of 2012
• Bullying - repeated pattern of hurtful behavior involving intent to maintain an imbalance of power
• Identify the different kinds of Bullying

  A) Physical

  B) Verbal

  C) Social

  D) Cyberbullying

  
• RA 10627 - aka the Anti-bullying act of 2013
• RA 10627 - an act requiring all elementary and secondary schools to adopt policies to prevent and address the acts of bullying
• RA 10175 - aka Cybercrime prevention act
• RA 7877 - aka Anti-sexual harassment act
• RA 10058 - aka Occupational Health and Safety act
• Discrimination - unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members
• Presidential Decree No. 966 - declares all violations of the international convention of the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination to be criminal offenses and providing penalties therefor
• RA 6725 - an act strengthening the prohibition on discrimination against women with respect to terms and conditions of employment
• RA 7658 - an act prohibiting the employment of children below 15 years of age