LAOAG CITY, Oct. 9 -- A total of 559 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials from the 21 towns and two cities of Ilocos Norte have been given the opportunity to enrich themselves with the necessary skills to help their fellow youth in dealing with mental health crisis.

Ilocos Norte youth development officer Willie Jake Sib-at on Thursday said psychological first aiders from the provincial government's "Speak Up, I'm Here" Mental Health Movement have been facilitating a series of psychological first aid training to SK officials in all barangays of the province.

"To date, a total of 250 out of the 559 SK officials were done with the training and they are now better equipped with skills to effectively respond to mental health crises," Sib-at t...