According to Dr. Noel Reyes, medical center chief II of the National Center for Mental Health, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to trigger phone calls mostly from the younger generation to seek help about their mental health. READ:
“The younger generation are more or less open . They’re aware that something’s wrong and they seek help,” Reyes told reporters.
Among the “red flags” are loss of appetite, insomnia, or lack of motivation to do anything, he added.“If the symptoms have already affected these areas of functioning, then we should [make a] diagnosis. And once we diagnose, we need to give proper medication,” Reyes said.But among the older population, the social stigma attached to issues surrounding mental health becomes a critical factor in their tendency to dismiss mental health illnesses.
On Thursday, Department of Health Officer in Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a statement, “Stigma and discrimination continue to hamper us from maximizing our mental health services and programs. Recognizing these challenges, we have adopted a nonspecialized approach to bring mental health services closer to the communities, ensuring that mental health care is available for all life stages in various settings and levels of care.
“This is what we want to achieve—that all patients with mild mental health illness and substance abuse problems can be reintegrated into society … with community-based intervention. And we are already starting that,” Vergeire said.
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