Providing a List of Mental Health Professionals to DOH Leaders
DOH Department Circular No. 2020-0198 emphasizes the importance of mental health for Department of Health (DOH) employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. It expresses gratitude for their hard work and outlines the provision of free mental health and psychosocial services from volunteer professionals, including a list of psychiatrists and psychologists available for assistance. The circular encourages employees to manage their mental well-being and offers contact details for accessing these services. Overall, it aims to support the mental health of health workers amidst ongoing challenges.
May 5, 2020
DOH DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR NO. 2020-0198
| FOR | : | All Undersecretaries; Assistant Secretaries; Directors of Bureaus and Services; and Employees of DOH Central Office |
| SUBJECT | : | Providing a List of Mental Health Professionals to DOH Leaders |
Amidst the COVID-19 situation, we would like to express our deepest gratitude for your exemplary contribution in safeguarding the health of the Filipino people. Thank you very much for your dedication, time, hard work and for being in the forefront of this health emergency to ensure that we provide quality health services.
We know that the fight is still far from over. As such, we are making sure that we conserve our inner resources to be able to meet the country's expectations and demands. Therefore, it is important that we manage our mental health and psychosocial well-being during this time.
In line with this, we would like to offer you a list of top mental health professionals, psychiatrists and psychologists who volunteered to provide the needed mental health and psychosocial services for free in order to help alleviate effects of stress and cope up with the situation (see Annex A).
If you have inquiries, please contact Ms. Frances Prescilla Cuevas, Chief Health Program Officer/OIC-Division Chief of Essential Non-Communicable Division (ENCDD)-Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, through email: [email protected]; or telephone: (632) 651-7800 local 1750-1752.
(SGD.) MYRNA C. CABOTAJE, MD, MPH, CESO IIIUndersecretary of Health
ANNEX A
List of Mental Health Professionals
A coordinator will answer your call. Please inform them you are a DOH Official and state your name and contact number. They will lead you to a pool of counselors who will contact you.
The support service that will be provided will be stress debriefing and counseling.
Psychiatrist whom you can call directly:
1. DR. BEN VISTA — 09258289502
2. DR. BERNADETTE MANALO — 09178290595; 09209816432 (viber)
3. DR. BENITA PONIO — 09189144919
4. DR. FAREDA FLORES — 09189057825
5. DR. BELEN DIMATATAC — 09499002121 (viber)
6. DR. CARMELA ENCARNACION — 09189167020
7. DR. BENG RAMOS-GO — 09179777237
8. DR. SALLY DEL VALLE — 09178676996
9. DR. CHONA BELMONTE — 09173051771
10. PSYCHOLOGISTS IN TOUCH PHILIPPINES — +639081419557; +639560534257