Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Vision

Community of highly competent, compassionate, & ethical mental health professionals recognized as leaders in psychiatry & behavioral medicine.

Mission

Being the mental health arm of the health sciences center of the national university of the Philippines, we commit to the Filipino nation, especially the marginalized, through service, training, & research.

Chair: Evangeline B. Dela Fuente, MD, MHA; MHPEd

Faculty Members

Facilities & Services

• Ward admission for psychiatric patients (acute care service)
• Consultation Liaison service for patients in other wards

• Consultation Liaison service for patients in other wards
• Psychiatric evaluation in Women’s Desk and Child Protection Unit
• Psychiatric services for UP students (through UP Health Service)

• Occupational Therapy
• Inpatient
• Day Center
• Neurodevelopment clinic

• UP Manila Mental Health Program
• Liaison programs with Burn Unit, Cancer Institute, Colorectal Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Pain Clinic
• Family Support Group

UP-PGH Psychosocial Care Program during COVID-19 Crisis

The objective of this program is to enhance resilience, protect and promote mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of the UP-PGH community – front liners and health care workers, UP Manila-PGH community, and general public, amidst the COVID 19 crisis.

The interventions are designed from the framework of wellness, mindful of the Filipino cultural context and documenting the various levels of connectedness from pakikiramdam, pakikipagpalagayang loob, pakikisama, pakikiramay, and pakikiisa – “pagkakaisa ng buong sambayanan laban sa COVID-19”.

1. Psychosocial care for PGH front liners and health care workers
   1. Basic services and security
      1. Ensure safe and healthy environment
         • Help secure enough supplies of food and other supplies, in coordination with the resource committee of PGH and our finance committee
      2. Help in facilitating flow of correct, updated important information for front liners, in coordination with PGH-IEC
      3. Ensure basic needs are provided to front line workers such as where to get PPE’s, food and other supplies
   2. Sensitizing the PGH Community to the Psychosocial Needs of the Frontline Healthcare Workers
      1. RESILIENCE WALL
         "UP-PGH COVID-19 front liners, kaya natin ito!"
         • Facebook group page for frontliners and health care workers
         • Where they can share their stories
         • The emotional pulse of the frontliners can be inferred and can guide the psychosocial intervention
         • Where their psychosocial needs can be addressed
         • Venue for information dissemination and discussion of COVID19 related issues
         • To support wellbeing and foster sense of community
      2. Infographics on psychosocial care for UP-PGH front liners and health care workers designed in coordination with PGH IEC.
   3. Psychosocial Processing (PSP) sessions
      1. Conducted for groups of PGH frontline/ health care workers
      2. Online e.g. via zoom, facilitated by consultants, nurses, alumni of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, UP manila volunteers
   4. Person-to-person Service by Mental Health Professionals
      1. Psychosocial Support Hotline” Phone consultations for those needing individual counseling/ psychosocial support.
      2. The consultants of the department of psychiatry (17) respond to the calls/messages sent through the hotline being manned by the chief resident
      3. Psychiatric care for those in crisis and those who develop psychiatric problems
2. Capacity Building
   1. PSP training for UP Manila volunteers and among the PGH departments and nursing service
3. Psychosocial Care for UP Manila and the General Community
   1. Psychosocial support Hotline for UP Manila
   2. UP Manila “resilience wall” on FB will be set up
   3. Community mental health programs: this pandemic provides an opportunity for mental health to be integrated into the general health care system