MANILA, Philippines — Mental health program for all members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is ongoing to prevent stigma on mental health issues among soldiers, the Philippine military said on Tuesday.
In an online press briefing, AFP chief General Gilbert Gapay admitted that they encountered some soldiers who are not willing to share their traumatic experience.
“We studied those cases which we had in the past. The stigma is really na kinikimkim (suppressing) iyong those affected, they don’t want to tell the story or to tell someone about their traumatic experience so, with this trauma risk management program we have, this would encourage people to speak up, air it o…
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