Integration of Filipino values on mental health practice
Across
- 3. Determinants Poverty, nutrition, and social conditions are recognized as major influences on mental well-being.
- 4. Care Treatment involves family support, recognizing kinship as a key strength in Filipino mental health care.
- 8. Care is built on sensitivity, trust, and indirect communication to preserve dignity and comfort.
- 9. Mental health is viewed as relational; distress affects not only the individual but also family and community.
Down
- 1. Mental health care is strengthened through collaboration with spiritual and community leaders.
- 2. Mental health care respects and integrates cultural and religious practices alongside modern treatment
- 5. Community- and family-based approaches help reduce stigma and increase access to care
- 6. Friends and social networks serve as primary coping resources and often come before professional help.
- 7. Reframed as resilience and hope—trusting inner strength and faith despite uncertainty.