UPD PsycServ

03/07/2025

Panawagan sa Abstrak: Ika-49 Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino at Ikatlong Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Ginhawa

Sikolohiyang Malaya at Mapagpalaya, Lipunang Maginhawa at Mapagkalinga

Inihahandog ng Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, University of the Philippines, Department of Psychology, at UP Diliman Psychosocial Services (UPD PsycServ)

Nobyembre 27–29, 2025
Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman, Lungsod Quezon

Indibidwal na Paglalahad: bit.ly/pksp49papel
Panel o Symposium: bit.ly/pksp49sympo

Sa okasyon ng pagdiriwang ng ika-50 taon ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino, layunin ng kumperensiyang ito na palalimin ang ating pang-unawa sa ambag ng isang kritikal na disiplina tulad ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino sa dekolonisasyon ng sikolohiya sa Pilipinas at linawin ang papel nito sa pagtataguyod ng isang lipunang maginhawa at mapagkalinga para sa bawat Pilipino.

Panawagan sa Abstrak: Ika-49 Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino at Ikatlong Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Ginhawa

Sikolohiyang Malaya at Mapagpalaya, Lipunang Maginhawa at Mapagkalinga

Inihahandog ng Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, UP Diliman Departamento ng Sikolohiya, at UP Diliman Psychosocial Services

Nobyembre 27–29, 2025
Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman, Lungsod Quezon

Indibidwal na Paglalahad: bit.ly/pksp49papel
Panel o Symposium: bit.ly/pksp49sympo

Sa okasyon ng pagdiriwang ng ika-50 taon ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino, layunin ng kumperensiyang ito na palalimin ang ating pang-unawa sa ambag ng isang kritikal na disiplina tulad ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino sa dekolonisasyon ng sikolohiya sa Pilipinas at linawin ang papel nito sa pagtataguyod ng isang lipunang maginhawa at mapagkalinga para sa bawat Pilipino.

University of the Philippines, Department of Psychology
UPD PsycServ

01/07/2025

“Sa kabila ng malakas na ulan, matagumpay na inilunsad ng UP Diliman (UPD) Psychosocial Services (PsycServ) ang kanilang aklat na ‘Ang Ginhawa bilang Hangarin at Balangkas sa Paglikha ng Mapagkalingang Unibersidad’ (Ginhawa) sa Ignacio B. Gimenez Gallery.”

Basahin ang buong kuwento sa https://upd.edu.ph/aklat-ukol-sa-ginhawa-inilunsad/.

30/06/2025

📣 Call for participants: Decolonizing and Indigenizing Psychology Summer School 📣

The UPD Department of Psychology is calling all graduate students of Psychology programs and related disciplines, and/or junior faculty members of a Psychology department/division (and related disciplines) to join us and apply in the first ever Decolonizing and Indigenizing Psychology Summer School to be held on July 15-17, 2025 at Alfredo V. Lagmay Hall, UP Diliman.

Registration is FREE.

Participants of this Summer School program will benefit from an on-site 3-day training program, with mentoring, workshops, group discussions, and lectures. Read the full details and instructions on how to apply here:
ℹ️ https://bit.ly/Details_SP50_SummerSchool ℹ️

You may also visit the SP@50 microsite!
🖥️ https://bit.ly/SP50_microsite 🖥️

DEADLINE OF APPLICATION/REGISTRATION is on July 3, 2025.

This is part of the celebration of 50 years of Sikolohiyang Pilipino. Kindly share with your networks.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

The UPD Department of Psychology is calling all graduate students of Psychology programs and related disciplines, and/or junior faculty members of a Psychology department/division (and related disciplines) to join us and apply in the first ever 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 to be held on July 15-17, 2025 at Alfredo V. Lagmay Hall, UP Diliman.

Registration is FREE.

Participants of this Summer School program will benefit from an on-site 3-day training program, with mentoring, workshops, group discussions, and lectures. Read the full details and instructions on how to apply here:

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/Details_SP50_SummerSchool ℹ️

You may also visit the SP@50 microsite:

🖥️ https://bit.ly/SP50_microsite 🖥️

DEADLINE OF APPLICATION/REGISTRATION is on July 3, 2025.

This is part of the celebration of 50 years of Sikolohiyang Pilipino. Kindly share with your networks.

27/06/2025

[BAGONG LIBRO] ANG GINHAWA BILANG HANGARIN AT BALANGKAS
Violeta V. Bautista, PhD, RPsy at Divine Love A. Salvador, PhD, RPsy (Mga Patnugot)

Ang librong ito ay naglalaman ng mga pag-aaral at karanasan tungkol sa papel ng ginhawa sa mga programang lusog-isip. Ang mga artikulo sa ginhawa ay hindi lamang sa konteksto ng unibersidad, kundi maging sa karanasan ng mga publikong Pilipino. Ang libro ay magsisilbing sanggunian para sa mental health professionals at lay workers, pati na rin para sa mga g**o at mag-aaral ng sikolohiya at allied mental health.

Ang bawat kopya ng libro ay nagkakahalaga ng PHP500. Bumili sa pamamagitan ng order form: https://bit.ly/GinhawaBookOrderForm o i-scan ang QR code

Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino

26/06/2025

We congratulate Jeryl Shawn Tan, one of our Psychosocial Support Specialists (PSS), for his publication on the Anxiety, Stress, & Coping journal! The article is entitled "Perfectionism, wellbeing, and coping among Filipino university students: a multi-study test of the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism" and is in collaboration with Andrew P. Hill and Daniel J. Madigan. Access the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2025.2521412

[Abstract]
Background: Perfectionism is an important characteristic among university students given its associations with their wellbeing and coping. One approach to studying student perfectionism is the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism, which examines the interaction between self-oriented perfectionism and socially prescribed perfectionism (SPP). The model is useful for studying student perfectionism, but tests in different cultural contexts remain limited, with some suggesting its hypotheses need modification.
Objectives: This article builds on existing research by presenting two novel studies that provide the model’s first tests in predicting university student wellbeing and coping in a Filipino context, as well as tests of alternate cultural makeup and aggravating factor hypotheses for SPP’s role.
Methods: Following preregistered protocols, two independent samples of Filipino university students completed questionnaires measuring variables of interest – one cross-sectionally (N = 294) and one longitudinally (N = 324) with a 3-month follow-up.
Results and Conclusion: Moderated regression analyses showed support for the model’s hypotheses across both samples depending on the variable. Findings provided clearer support that students with high SPP or a strong belief that others expect perfection are more vulnerable to poorer wellbeing and unhealthy coping, making SPP an aggravating factor in the Filipino context.

26/06/2025

19/06/2025

Meron nga bang nakakaginhawang edukasyon? Paano tayo makakalikha ng nakagiginhawang unibersidad?

Abangan ang paglulunsad ng “Ang Ginhawa bilang Hangarin at Balangkas sa Paglikha ng Mapagkalingang Unibersidad," isang libro ng mga pag-aaral at karanasan tungkol sa papel ng ginhawa sa mga programang lusog-isip. Ang mga artikulo sa ginhawa ay hindi lamang sa konteksto ng unibersidad, kundi maging sa karanasan ng mga publikong Pilipino. Ang libro ay magsisilbing sanggunian para sa mental health professionals at lay workers, pati na rin para sa mga g**o at mag-aaral ng sikolohiya at allied mental health.

Inaanyayahan ang lahat na makisaya sa livestream ng selebrasyon ng paglulunsad ng libro sa page ng UPD PsycServ (facebook.com/updpsycserv) sa Lunes, ika-23 ng Hunyo, 2:00 n.h.!

Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino
UP Diliman

05/06/2025

📣 LAST CALL for participants: Clinical experiences of MH professionals who has worked with LGBTQ+ clients/patients in the Philippines📣

Interested participants must be:
✅ able to read and answer questions in English
✅ over 18 years old
✅ a mental health professional, who has worked with LGBTQ+ clients/patients in the Philippines, currently or in the past

Participants will answer a 15-20-minute online survey, with questions related to experiences with counseling LGBTQ+ individuals and receiving trainings.

Answer the survey here: bit.ly/signupMHsurvey or scan the QR on the photo.

For questions, you may contact the researchers at sharon.horne@umb.edu and dasalvador@up.edu.ph.

Help us understand your experiences working with LGBTQ+ clients/patients!

We are exploring current care practices and training needs when working with LGBTQ+ clients/patients in the Philippines so that we could craft culturally resonant and useful guidelines for LGBTQ+ affirmative care in the Philippines.

If you are a mental health professional and has worked with LGBTQ+ clients/patients in the Philippines, you are welcome to answer the survey. More details can be found in the photo. Scan the QR code or go to bit.ly/lgbtqmhaccess for the survey.

02/06/2025

We congratulate our Clinical Supervisors, Dr. Divine Love Salvador and Dr. Anna Cristina Tuazon for their publication on Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health! The article is entitled "Rising prevalence of depression and widening sociodemographic disparities in depressive symptoms among Filipino youth: findings from two large nationwide cross-sectional surveys" and is in collaboration with Dr. Joseph Puyat and Dr. Sanny Afable. Access the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2025.39

[Abstract]
Youth depression is a critical target for early intervention due to its strong links with adult depression and long-term functional impairment. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like the Philippines, limited epidemiological data hampers mental health service planning for youth. This study analyzed nationally representative survey data from 2013 (n = 10,949) and 2021 (n = 19,178) to estimate the prevalence of moderate to severe depressive symptoms (MSDS) among Filipinos aged 15–24 years, using the 11-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Survey-weighted analyses revealed that MSDS prevalence more than doubled from 9.6% in 2013 to 20.9% in 2021. The rise was most pronounced among females (10.8% to 24.3%), non-cisgender or homonormative individuals (9.7% to 32.3%), youth with primary education or less (10.8% to 26.5%), youth from economically disadvantaged households (10.6% to 25.1%) and youth who were separated, widowed or divorced (18.3% to 41.3%). Disparities in MSDS also widened over time, with some groups bearing a disproportionate burden. These findings underscore the need to expand accessible, high-quality mental health services for youth in LMICs, such as the Philippines. Continued monitoring and targeted interventions are essential to address the rising burden of depression, particularly among underserved and disproportionately affected groups.

29/05/2025

📣 Call for participants: User-centered design of a mental health chatbot 📣

Interested participants must be:
✅ a UP undergraduate or graduate student
✅ at least 18 years old
✅ enrolled for the 2nd sem/midyear AY 2024-2025 or 1st sem AY 2025-2026
✅ owns a smartphone with internet access

Participants will answer a 15-20-minute online survey, where they will be asked to share concerns that they would like to discuss in a chat-based mental health support, as well as their expectations, preferences, and recommendations for designing a mental health chatbot.

Participants will have a chance to be one of 30 lucky winners of a PhP300 mobile prepaid load.

Sign up here: bit.ly/signupMHsurvey or scan the QR on the photo.

For questions or concerns, email sagip.upd@up.edu.ph

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS (Open to all UP Students): User-Centered Design of a Mental Health Chatbot

Hello,

Our team is doing a research about mental health interventions, and we need your help!

Our goal is to apply the user-centered design process in developing a mental health chatbot and assess the feasibility of providing a chat-based mental health support and its effectiveness. Because this is user-centered design, we need your input as a potential user of the chat-based intervention. Your input will help in identifying the requirements and design considerations for the chatbot.

As a UP student, you can participate in an online survey. The online survey will elicit concerns and problems that students would like to discuss in a chat-based mental health support as well as their perceptions about a mental health chatbot. There is also an optional interview that will elicit in-depth information on the students' needs, expectations and design requirements of the mental health chatbot to be developed. Interview participants will come from those who completed the online survey or chat service component of the study.

By participating in the study, you will help us understand what mental health support students need. Your input will be used to design a mental health chatbot and you will help in advancing mental health research for Filipino youth. If you are interested in participating in the study, please sign up using this link or scan the attached QR code. Send us an email at sagip.upd@up.edu.ph for any questions, clarifications or concerns about this research.

20/05/2025

UPD PsycServ's Psychosocial Support Specialists (PSSs) participated in the AMA Professorial Chair Lecture: Therapeutic Synergy, led by Dr. John Robert C. Rilvera, one of PsycServ's clinical supervisors. Watch the lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQr0e0wPlLw

Stay tuned to the next lecture in the series by the University of the Philippines, Department of Psychology this August.