Psychiatrist groups seek deferral of DepEd’s live-shooter drills

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Psychiatric Association (PPA) and the Philippine Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PSCAP) called for the deferral of the Department of Education’s nationwide live-shooter drills, saying the exercises expose learners to “hyper-realistic scenarios of violence.” DepEd earlier issued a memorandum ordering schools nationwide to conduct a “Nationwide Simultaneous School Safety