Preventing student suicides requires help of DOH, DSWD – Save the Children

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In this file photo, mental health advocates campaign for passage of the Mental Health Act, which was passed into law in June 2018.

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MANILA, Philippines — Addressing the alarming increase in suicide incidents among students will need the help of agencies aside from the Department of Education, a children's rights advocacy group said in a statement on Thursday.

 

Save the Children Philippines said that solving the mental health crisis in schools will require the Department of Health to improve children’s access to health care and the Department of Social Welfare and Development to create community-based mental health programs.

 

This comes after DepEd disclosed in a Senate hearing that there were 404 suicide incidents and 2,147 suicide attempts among students in 2021, finally confirming the nationwide scale of the spike in suicide cases initially reported by student groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

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