Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is asking the Marcos administration to declare a mental health emergency in the country as a way to address the unprecedented number of suicides and attempted suicides among Filipino youth the past year.
In a statement Thursday, Feb. 2, Kabataan expresses grave concern over the Department of Education’s report during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Basic Education stating that a total of 404 youth students nationwide took their own lives during academic year 2021 to 2022.“Crunching the data, there had been more than one student who fell victim to suicide per day while roughly one student attempted to commit suicide every four hours in the past academic year.
“It’s also best for Congress to exercise its oversight powers to check the implementation of the Mental Health Law so we can better address shortcomings,” added the youth solon.
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