THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) supported the swift passage of Senate Bill 379 or the "Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act" filed by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian in the 19th Congress.

In view of the Department of Education report detailing the state of mental health, guidance counseling and suicide cases in public schools in the country, CHR reiterates its call to institutionalize more holistic and cohesive mental health programs in response to the increasing alarming mental health-related incidents among the youth.

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