![]() ![]() We invite members of the press and interested organizations to be there. The national dissemination of the full key findings of the YAFS5 will be on Friday, 14 October 2022, at Park Inn by Radisson Hotel in Quezon City. On World Mental Health Day, October 10, the UPPI is one with the global call for making mental health and well-being for all a priority in all sectors of society. The reasons for this are many and complex, but as it is, multiple challenges, including severe understaffing, the cost of consultation and treatment, and the stigmatization of mental health problems confront mental healthcare in the country. ![]() Lonely people are 50 percent more likely to die prematurely than those with healthy social relationships. These alarming findings indicate that today’s youth have poorer mental well-being than in the last few decades. Researchers have found that loneliness is just as lethal as smoking 15 cigarettes per day. In every 10 young adults, only one is aware of any suicide prevention program or service. Even among those who acted on their suicidal thought, seeking professional help was highly unpopular (4%). The few who did so mostly sought help from close friends or peers (25% of suicide ideators), followed by parents/guardians (7%) and other relatives (5%). Unfortunately, six in 10 of those who ever thought of committing suicide did not reach out to anyone about it. ![]() In 2021, the percentage rose to 7.5%, equivalent to almost 1.5 million youth with such experience. In 2013, more than 574,000 or 3% of Filipino youth ever tried ending their life. She committed suicide by stabbing herself in the chest. She died on Septemin Notting Hill, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for About a Boy (2002), She Stoops to Conquer (2003) and Sherlock (2002). Incidentally, data collection for YAFS5 was conducted in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, whereby physical and social isolation may have gravely affected young people’s disposition. Fritha Goodey was born on Octoin Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. The UPPI found that the percentage of youth who often felt depressive symptoms in the reference week substantially increased from 2013 to 2021, with the share of those who often felt loneliness, sadness, and being disliked by other people almost doubling over the period (see Figure 1). Participated in by 10,949 randomly selected youth aged 15-24, the study examined two sets of mental health indicators, namely depressive symptoms and suicidal experiences, which the YAFS study has tracked since 2002. This is among the key findings of the 2021 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS5), the fifth in the series of nationwide surveys on Filipino youth led by the University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) and funded by the Department of Health (DOH). Pinoy youth in worse mental shape today, nationwide survey indicatesĬlose to one in five Filipino youth aged 15-24 have ever considered ending their life. ![]()
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