Okay lang ako: A short feature on coping loss of a loved one due to suicide and mental health awareness amongst adolescents

Date of Publication

2017

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Communication Arts

Subject Categories

Communication

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Communication

Defense Panel Member

Clodualdo Del Mundo

Edward Cabagnot

Corrine De San Jose

Eric Carlos

Cheryll Ruth Soriano

Abstract/Summary

This paper tackles the various effects of losing a loved one and the ways to cope with the death of a loved one especially due to suicide. This also deals with factors that lead to suicide such as peer pressure, severe anxiety, and depression. Mental health illnesses may not always be detectable yet it exists and affects many people. It could take on forms like smiling depression wherein the person experiencing it will generally appear to be happy and normal. In the Philippine setting, over 4.5 million cases of depression were reported in 2004. Out of this 4.5 million, three percent of Filipinos are clinically diagnosed as depressed. There would only be thirty out of ninety depressives who will try to seek help while the other thirty will be ashamed to seek help because of the stigma branded to depression (NGF). Losing a family member is something most people are afraid of, especially parents who do not expect to outlive their children. For parents, losing a child is one excruciating event that would occur in their life, no matter what the age of the child at the time of death . (Bower, Pearl 2010)

The purpose of this paper is to create a film that will expose the reality of loss and the pain that the person experiences. The researchers wanted to highlight in the film how people, even the most unlikely, can be struggling with mental health illnesses that could even escalate to suicide. The effect on the family that is left behind brings about grief and despair.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU21525

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

32 leaves ; 29 cm.

Keywords

Bereavement--Drama; Bereavement-- Psychological aspects -- Drama; Suicide-- Philippines--Drama; Depression in adolescence-- Philippines--Drama; Mental health--Philippines-- Drama

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