EDITORIAL - Mental health care for allRepublic Act 11038 or the Mental Health Act was passed in 2018. Even before the pandemic forced millions including school children to remain indoors, public health care was already inadequate especially for the poor, and mental health care even more so. The WHO’s latest Mental Health Atlas covering 171 countries showed that despite greater awareness of mental health issues, there has been no corresponding scale-up in the quality of mental health services worldwide. As with other aspects of health care, dealing with mental health problems is hardest for the poor. This year, Mental Health Day was marked on Oct. 10 with the theme “mental health in an unequal world.” The call is to make mental health care for all a reality.

Source: Philippine Star October 11, 2021 15:56 UTC