Special Luminary Issue
2024 IJRSE – Volume 13 Issue 2
Available Online: 5 May 2024
Author/s:
Bagon, Aida
Governor Feliciano Leviste Memorial Naional High School, Lemery, Batangas, Philippines (aidzalvez_bagon@yahoo.com.ph; aida.bagon@deped.gov.ph)
Abstract:
Studies reported that COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the mental health problems in young people and caused increased anxiety, depression, and PTSD. For S.Y. 2021-2022, DepEd recorded 404 learners from public schools who died of suicide. This prompted the researcher to conduct this study participated by 1,098 respondents (478 or 43.53% males and 620 or 56.47% females) or 20.77% of the 5,286 total students. The PHQ-9 and GAD-7 were answered via google form by the respondents chosen through convenient sampling. Result showed that the most common problems bothering the learners nearly every day in relation to depression were “Feeling tired”, “Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping too much”, and “Feeling bad about self-or that they are a failure or have let self or family down”, while in relation to anxiety; “Becoming easily annoyed”, “Worrying too much about different things”, and “Feeling afraid, as if something awful might happen” which they also experience nearly every day. There were 73 or 6.65% of the respondents experiencing severe depression, while 137 learners or 12.48%, admitted to have severe anxiety. To improve their conditions, the following interventions were proposed: Intake Interview, Counseling, Administration of C-SSRS, Parents consent, Referral to outside professionals, and practicing self-care. Since mental health issues is a serious concern, it is recommended that school administrators shall take this matter seriously and be given significant attention by providing financial and moral support to improve the mental health services particularly in public schools.
Keywords: mental health conditions, depression, anxiety, counseling, referral to professionals
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2024.24807
Cite this article:
Bagon, A. (2024). Prevalence of mental health conditions among learners at Gov. Feliciano Leviste Memorial National High School-Lemery, Batangas, S.Y. 2022-2023. International Journal of Research Studies in Education, 13(2), 81-87. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2024.24807