The study identified mental health-related concerns of Filipino adolescents based on a secondary analysis of data from the Global School-Based Health Survey. It compared results of the 2011 and 2015 surveys, as well as the responses across genders. Results related to mental health, violence, and protective factors include the following: increased incidence of suicide attempts and higher prevalence of suicide ideation among female adolescents; increase in number of adolescent reporting as having no close friends; high incidence of involvement in physical fights and bullying victimization; increase in number of student missing out school without permission; and minimal role of parents or guardians as protective factors against at-risk behaviors across genders. Implications to school counseling and school counselor professional identity were also discussed.
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