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The state of mental health in the Philippines

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Udgardo Juan L. Tolentino Jr
Udgardo Juan L. Tolentino Jr*
Affiliation:
National Program for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Department of Health, Philippines, email edtol.md@pacific.net.ph
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The Philippines, known as the Pearl of the Orient, is an archipelago of 7107 islands, bounded on the west by the South China Sea, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Sulu and Celebes Sea, and on the north by the Bashi Channel. The northernmost islands are about 240 km south of Taiwan and the southernmost islands approximately 24 km from Borneo. The country has a total land area of some 300 000 km2. It is divided into three geographical areas: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. It has 17 regions, 79 provinces, 115 cities, 1495 municipalities and 41 956 barangays (the smallest geographic and political unit). It has over 100 ethnic groups and a myriad of foreign influences (including Malay, Chinese, Spanish and American).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 1 , Issue 6 , October 2004 , pp. 8 - 11
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Casimiro-Querubin, M. L. & Castro-Rodriguez, S. (2002) Beyond the Physical. The State of the Nation's Mental Health: The Philippine Report. Melbourne: Centre for International Mental Health.Google Scholar
World Health Organization (2001) Atlas: Country Profiles on Mental Health Resources. Geneva: WHO.Google Scholar
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