Development of Community-Based Mental Health Interventions in The Philippines: An Ecological Perspective

• Main Author: Hechanova, Ma. Regina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Community-based interventions; substance use; illicit drugs; drug recovery; Philippines; Clinical Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/104; http://proust.ui.ac.id/index.php/journal/article/view/41
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Although urbanization is linked to modernization and economic growth, it is also associated with overcrowding, population density, poverty, inadequate social services, and violence, all of which put the urban poor at risk of environmental health problems and other dangers. Moreover, experiences of e...