The document discusses various mental health issues including mental disorders like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, phobias and schizophrenia. It also discusses personality disorders and intellectual disabilities. Key organizations that support mental health in the Philippines are mentioned like the Department of Health, National Mental Health Program, San Lazaro Hospital and National Center for Mental Health. Maintaining good physical and mental health as well as knowing when and who to seek help from are important for dealing with problems.

2.  It is a severe impairment of an
individual’s mental, emotional, or
behavioral functions.
 It is a condition that hinders a person
from adjusting his/her behavior to other
people and his/her surroundings.

3. 1. Depressive Disorder
2. Anxiety Disorder
3. Bipolar Disorder
4. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD)
5. Phobia
6. Schizophrenia

4. This is a mood disorder
characterized by
acute, but time-
limited, depressive
symptoms such as
dejection.

5. This is characterized
by
extreme, irrational, an
d incapacitating fear.

6. This is a kind of mood
disorder that involves
manic episodes and
even depressive
episodes.

7. This is a behavioral
disorder characterized by
maladaptive levels of
inattentiveness, impulsive
ness, and hyperactivity.

8. This is a psychological
disorder where there is
persistent, irrational
fear of a situation or
object.

9. Acrophobia Heights
Aerophobia Flying
Agoraphobia Open spaces, public places
Aichmophobia Sharp pointed objects
Ailurophobia Cats
Amaxophobia Vehicles, driving
Anthropophobia People
Aquaphobia Water
Arachnephobia Spiders
Astraphobia Lightning
Batrachophobia Frogs, amphibians
Blennophobia Slime
Brontophobia Thunder
Carcinophobia Cancer
Claustrophobia Closed spaces, confinement

10. Clinophobia Going to bed
Cynophobia Dogs
Dementophobia Insanity
Dromophobia Crossing streets
Emetophobia Vomiting
Entomophobia Insects
Genophobia Sex
Gephyrophobia Crossing bridges
Hematophobia Blood
Herpetophobia Reptiles
Homilophobia Sermons
Linonophobia String
Monophobia Being alone
Musophobia Mice
Mysophobia Dirt and germs

11. Nudophobia Nudity
Numerophobia Numbers
Nyctophobia Darkness, night
Ochlophobia Crowds
Ophidiophobia Snakes
Ornithophobia Birds
Phasmophobia Ghosts
Phobophobia Phobias
Pnigophobia Choking
Pogonophobia Beards
Pyrophobia Fire
Siderodromophobia Trains
Taphephobia Being buried alive
Thanatophobia Death

12. Trichophobia Hair
Triskaidekaphobia The number 13
Trypanophobia Injections
Xenophobia Strangers
Zoophobia Animals

13.  A kind of mental disorder where there is
disturbance in thinking
(delusion), perception
(hallucination), speech, emotions, and
behavior.
 Delusion involves, beliefs that are
unrealistic, bizarre, or unusual, and
misrepresentations of reality.
 Hallucinations refer to seeing or hearing
things that others do not see nor hear
because these things are unreal.

14. 1. Paranoid Personality Disorder
2. Antisocial Personality Disorder
3. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
4. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
5. Borderline Personality Disorder
6. Histrionic Personality Disorder
7. Dependent Personality Disorder
8. Avoidant Personality Disorder
9. Schizoid Personality Disorder
10. Schizotypal Personality Disorder

15. This is characterized
by persistent distrust
and suspiciousness of
others, believing that
they have ill motives.

16. This is characterized
by utter disregard for
and violation of the
rights of others.

17. This is a pervasive behavior
in which an individual has
an inflated sense of self-
importance or a need for
admiration and a lack of
sensitivity to the needs of
others.

18. This is a pervasive preoccupation
with maintaining order, attaining
perfection, and having mental
and interpersonal control at the
cost of flexibility, openness, and
efficiency.

19. This is a pervasive
pattern of instability of
interpersonal
relationships, self-
image, and control over
impulses.

20. This involves excessive
emotionally and
seeking attention.

21. This involves an excessive
need to be taken care
of, thus a submissive an
clinging behavior as well
as the fear of separation.

22. This is marked by social
inhibition, feelings of
inadequacy, and over
sensitiveness to criticism.

23. This is marked by a
pattern of detachment
from any social
relationship and a
restricted expression of
emotions.

24. This is marked by an
acute discomfort and
reduced capacity for
close relationships as well
as eccentricity of
behavior.

25.  A disorder in which a person’s overall
intellectual functioning is well below
average, with an intelligence quotient (IQ)
around 70 or less. Individuals with mental
retardation also have a significantly impaired
ability to cope with common life demands
and lack some daily living skills expected of
people in their age group and culture.

26. Mildly affected individuals
comprise about 85 percent of
people with retardation. They
often cannot be distinguished
from normal children until they
attend school.

27. About 10 percent of people
with mental retardation are
moderately retarded. They
can progress to about the
second-grade level in
academic skills.

28. Severe retardation affects 3 to
4 percent of mentally retarded
individuals. Severely retarded
individuals may learn to talk
during childhood and develop
basic self-care skills.

29. About 1 to 2 percent of retarded
people have profound mental
retardation and require constant
care. Profoundly retarded
individuals can understand some
language, but they have little
ability to talk.

31. Human Immunodeficiency
Virus, infectious agent that
causes acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS), a disease that leaves a
person vulnerable to life-
threatening infections.

32.  Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome (AIDS), human viral disease that
ravages the immune system, undermining
the body’s ability to defend itself from
infection and disease. Caused by the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), AIDS
leaves an infected person vulnerable to
opportunistic infections—infection by
microbes that take advantage of a
weakened immune system.

36.  Department of Health
National Mental Health Program. The
mission of this office is “to make
available, affordable, and equitable quality
mental health care and services to the
Filipino, especially the poor, underserved, and
high-risk populations.”

37.  San Lazaro Hospital in Manila
Founded in 1577, it initially cared for the
poor in general and, after 1631, even the lepers.
While it specializes in taking care of patients
with infectious or contagious dieases, it also
deals with the mental conditions of these
patients.

38.  National Center for Mental Health
Formerly called the Insular Institution, it is
the only government hospital for the care and
treatment of the mentally ill in the country.
 Elsie Gaches Village
It provides care, training, and rehabilitation
of abandoned and neglected children with
special needs such as those with cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, mental retardation, autism, and
other related illnesses.

39.  Sanctuary Center
This is a halfway house for women 18 years old
and above, who are recovering from psychosis
and other mental illnesses. It is under the
Department of Social Welfare and
Development, NCR.
 Silahis ng Kalusugan, PGH
It is a special school for chronically-ill children
under the Department of Pediatrics of the
Philippine General Hospital in Manila. Recognized
by DepEd, it enable the sick children to earn their
elementary and high school diploma.

41.  Philippine Mental Health Association (PMHA)
This is a non-profit civic organization
dedicated to promoting mental health.
 Hospicio De San Jose
It was established initially to aid the indigent
populace and mentally and physically challenged
people. A Catholic welfare and institution, it
pioneered in helping the poor, the sick, the
differently abled, the abandoned, the elderly, and
for a while, even the delinquent youths and
mentally and psychologically challenged persons.

42.  Guided and Unified Interaction for the
Development of Children, Inc.
The Foundation helps special children; the
orphaned, the abandoned, and the street
children. It addresses issues like mental
retardation, autism, giftedness, and behavior of
the psychologically challenged.

43.  Prevent and Rehabilitate Drug Abuse
Foundation, Inc. (PREDA)
It is a center that provides measures to
prevent addiction and processes the
rehabilitation of drug dependent persons.
 Pinagpala Halfway Community
Located in
Palapala, Dasmariñas, Cavite, this is home for
recovering mental patients.

50.  Knowing when to go for help
This shows that an individual is capable of
thinking a problem through and deciding which
parts of the problem he/she can and cannot
solve by himself/herself.
 Knowing who can help
Discussing ones’ problems with a counselor
is the first step in assuring that help is available.

51.  Improving one’s health
 Maintain sound physical health. This can be
done by regular checkups, fitness tests and
sports activities.
 Develop a wholesome outlook in life. A
person is unafraid of the unknown and knows
how to accept defeats.
 Learn to enjoy being with people. A person
increases his/her network of people by the
day.

52.  Conquer fears by facing them. He/She abides by
the dictum “Carpe Diem!” (Sieze the day!)
 Adopt a wholesome attitude toward sex
education. A person respects their genders and
regards their individuality and identity.
 Plan a balanced program of work and play. An
individual shows time management and knows
how to relax when it is necessary.
 Remember that time heals all wounds. A person
remains calm amidst conflicts and problems.
He/She believes everything has its own time.

53. There are steps that an individual can follow to
deal with his/her problems:
 Recognize and define the problem.
 Analyze what caused the problem.
 Identify possible solutions.
 Choose the best solution.
 Evaluate the outcome.