INTRODUCTION.

According to Maravilla and Tan (2021), mental illness has become the third most common disability in the Philippines, wherein six million Filipinos live with depression and anxiety. As a result, the country has the Western Pacific's third highest rate of mental illnesses (Martinez et al., 2020).

In the recent report of Department of Health – Region 3 on Philippines Registry for Persons with Disability (PWDs), there is a total of 62, 020 disability cases in the region as of June 16, 2022. A total of 20, 639 of the registries are mental-healthrelated disabilities, and more than 40% of these are residing in Pampanga. However, the list provided in the study conducted by Castillo and Conchada (2011) does not include neuropsychiatry in the medical treatments and procedures available in the Philippines. Nevertheless, only two psychiatric hospitals are available in Luzon, explaining the overcrowding reports.

Mental health facilities are not given enough attention in the country causing individuals who suffers from mental healthrelated illnesses to travel for hours in able to get the treatment that they need, and put up with uncomfortable, overcrowded and poor functioning facilities available.

With this, the proponents arrived with this research entitled, “An Integrated Neurological and Psychiatric Complex in Central Luzon.” It specifically offers neuro-psychiatric treatments and therapies – both medical and recreational treatments and therapies – and is equipped with modern technology which is used for innovative therapeutics.