{"id":108908,"date":"2025-10-28T18:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/108908\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:56:13","slug":"the-cost-of-mental-health-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/108908\/","title":{"rendered":"The cost of mental health in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMental health has a cost, but ignoring it costs even more. MindNation co-founder Cat Trivi\u00f1o talks to Rappler about how the Philippines can improve access to care.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013\u00a0As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, the struggles of Filipinos don\u2019t end in October \u2014 many continue to face stress, burnout, and emotional exhaustion, often quietly and with shame.<\/p>\n<p>In the Philippines, the cost of mental health isn\u2019t just financial. It\u2019s emotional, physical, and social; from the stigma that keeps people from seeking help, to the lack of access that makes care feel out of reach.<\/p>\n<p>Cat Trivi\u00f1o, co-founder of MindNation and long-time mental health advocate, discusses with Rappler the systemic limitations the Philippines faces when it comes to mental health and how we can make care more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Catch the episode at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, October 28. \u2013 Rappler.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mental health has a cost, but ignoring it costs even more. MindNation co-founder Cat Trivi\u00f1o talks to Rappler&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[103,61,60,410,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-108908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}