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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 470 - CREATING
THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR MENTAL HEALTH
WHEREAS,
the Philippine Constitution provides that the State shall protect and
promote the right to health of the people, instill health consciousness
among them and adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health
development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and
other social services available to all the people at affordable
cost;
WHEREAS, the World Health Organization (WHO) wholistically defines
health as the state of physical, social and mental well-being, rather
than merely the absence of physical diseases. Good mental health means
not simply the absence of detectable mental disorder but a state of
well-being in which the individual is able to utilize his abilities,
work productively and fruitfully and contribute to the community;
WHEREAS, the scope of Mental Health covers not only mental disorders
and substance (drug and alcohol) abuse but also other mental
health-associated issues and problems, such as those arising from a)
medical illnesses; b) psychosocial issues of daily living; c) being
part of high risk groups such as victims of disasters, children, women
and the elderly; d) family disruptions due to overseas employment and
internal migration; and, e) changing lifestyles brought about by rapid
urbanization and globalization; and,
WHEREAS, present responses of the government, non-government, private
and academic institutions at the national, regional, and local levels
on mental health indicate that there is need to improve public
awareness of mental health as an integral component of the total health
care, to ensure its inclusion in the Government’s package of health
care programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution do
hereby order the creation of the Philippine Council for Mental Health
(PCMH) which shall serve as the policy-making and advisory body on all
government programs on mental health and which shall hereinafter be
referred to as the “Council”.
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Sec. 5. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of February, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety Eight.
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