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PASS THE MENTAL HEALTH BILL: Senator Risa Hontiveros (center) holds a copy of Senate Bill No. 1190, otherwise known as the “Philippine Mental Health Act of 2016”, during a press conference at the Senate, Thursday, October 6, 2016. “People with mental health are silently suffering in the dark due to the lack of a comprehensive mental health law. It’s time we uphold the people’s right to mental health and protect those who require mental health services,” Hontiveros said. Also in photo are former Senator Leticia Ramos Shahani (2nd from left), Dr. Ed Tolentino from the Philippine Psychiatric Association (left), Jerika Ejercito (2nd from right), founder of the Be Healed Foundation, and RJ Naguit (right), student leader from the University of Sto. Tomas – College of Medicine. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/06 October 2016).