Number of Filipinos with suicidal thoughts on the rise

COVID-19

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The National Center for Mental Health says from over 5,000 calls to their crisis hotline 1,685 are related to suicidal thoughts


The National Centre for Mental Health is concerned over the increase of calls from minors who have suicidal thoughts


highlights

  • The number of minors accessing the crisis hotline service has increased in 2021 compared to the last two years
  • COVID-19 cases have increased in certain areas in the Visayas and Mindanao regions 
  • An increases in COVID-19 cases were seen in   Zamboanga Peninsula, Western Visayas, Mimaropa, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen, Bicol, Davao, Eastern Visayas & Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

 

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