The Medical City Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

04/10/2023

Good Day TMC Community!

The WHO has declared October as Mental Health Month. This year the theme is ANXIETY, which was dubbed by the WHO as a silent epidemic, affecting every 1 in 8 people worldwide as of 2019. How can we prevent it? What strategies are effective for it?

Worry not! Gain long-lasting, adaptive strategies by joining our Mental Health Week: : Promoting Well-Being Through Adaptive Strategies and Lifestyles.

❗️FREE Mental Health Lectures Foyer (Behind Fountain)
October 9
10:00 AM: REDUCE STRESS SUCCESSFULLY: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction + Demonstration
11:00 AM: Brain-Gut Connection: Vulnerability to Anxiety and The Food You Eat

October 13
11:00 AM: : Coping Strategies and the Developing Brain in Adolescents and Young Adults (An Open Forum)

❗️Learn Tips from our Week-Long Interactive Exhibit (@ TMC Lobby) and get a chance to take-home self-care prizes!

❗️Be a mental health advocate and get your Mental Health Matters Ribbon and Stickers when you visit the Exhibit.

❗️Learn services already offered at the Center for Behavioral Health for patients, TMC Employees and TMC Trainees.

❗️Join our social media drive by using the , and get a chance to win prizes!

Please feel free to extend the invitation to your patients and other interested individuals. See you at our Opening on October 9 at 9:00 AM (prayer_hands)

21/04/2023

Enrollment is EXTENDED!

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy is an evidence-based, clinically-proven intervention for mental health symptoms of depression, anxiety, pain and for general overall well-being. To learn more about this, feel free to register through the numbers below, or through this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcO6upjIqHNMdGlKKCJxHO7klVuZ8GjQI

20/09/2022

Good Day Everyone!

The Medical City Center For Behavioral Health is opening another batch for Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy or MBCT. MBCT is a scientifically proven therapy which helps in overall wellbeing and prevention of relapse from mental health problems. Interested to know more? Join our FREE Orientation on Sept 23, 2022 at 6PM. Please contact the numbers below.

29/05/2021

Join week 5 of the TMC Mental Health Toolkit for TMC Employees and Workers, by scanning the QR code below.

05/05/2021

Thank you for accessing The Medical City Mental Health Toolkit!
You can best utilize the toolkit by forming a short mental health care routines in your day. Learn about how the TMC Mental Health Toolkit can help you build a routine by clicking on this link.

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05/05/2021

Thank you to all of you who registered in The Medical City Mental Health Toolkit for Healthcare Workers!

This week, we will be discussing about managing difficult emotions.

To register: https://sites.google.com/view/tmcmentalhealthtoolkit
Or if you have registered, log-in the website by clicking this: https://bit.ly/3aQTzL5

15/09/2017

How do you handle your student who self-harms?

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the deliberate, self-inflicted destruction of body tissue without suicidal intent, and for purposes not socially sanctioned. Latest research has shown that up to 40% of adolescents with mental health problems have now been found to be engaging in NSSI.

Let's Sound the SOS on Su***de and Self-Harm in our Schools at The Medical City Teen Congress 2017!

Early registration ends September 30. For more details, please contact 9881000 local 6444/6135.

11/10/2016

10/10/2016

Come and join our psych week, entitled: "nurturing the nurturer", we hope you can join our weekly activities.

Tomorrow, Oct 11

TMC Lobby (whole day): we will have a booth for virtual reality and stress management.

Come and try new, unreleased, stress managem through virtual reality!

10:00am: come and experience meditation through movement by joining our Qi D**g classes, sponsored by the Qi D**g International Society at the barcelon hall auditorium-- for Free! (Regular class is 3k, for TMC it is free)

We will also have expressive art therapy on wed and tai chi on Thursday

We hope to see you in our events!
Thank you!

16/07/2016

Happening right now at TMC 4th Floor Conference Room

Is your teen struggling with cutting or self-harm behaviors? Learn the signs and symptoms and know when to seek professional help. Join us in a special forum, “Understanding Teen Cutters: Are They Close to the Edge?” on July 16, Saturday, 10 am to 12nn at the 4th Floor Conference Room, Podium Bldg., The Medical City, Ortigas, Pasig City. For inquiries, please call the Department of Psychiatry at 9881000 ext. 6608 or the Center for Patient Partnership, ext. 6444.

15/07/2016

Is your teen struggling with cutting or self-harm behaviors? Learn the signs and symptoms and know when to seek professional help. Join us in a special forum, “Understanding Teen Cutters: Are They Close to the Edge?”

July 16, Saturday, 10 am to 12nn at the 4th Floor Conference Room, Podium Bldg., The Medical City, Ortigas, Pasig City.

For inquiries, please call the Department of Psychiatry at 9881000 ext. 6608 or cthe Center for Patient Partnership, ext. 6444.

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Is your teen struggling with cutting or self-harm behaviors? Learn the signs and symptoms and know when to seek professional help. Join us in a special forum, “Understanding Teen Cutters: Are They Close to the Edge?” on July 16, Saturday, 10 am to 12nn at the 4th Floor Conference Room, Podium Bldg., The Medical City, Ortigas, Pasig City. For inquiries, please call the Department of Psychiatry at 9881000 ext. 6608 or the Center for Patient Partnership, ext. 6444.