Mental Health Issues In Malaysia
Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al.
Mental health issues in malaysia. Relate mental health malaysia relate founder dr chua sook ning said mental disorders considered an invisible illness had been on the rise with 10 5 of the population suffering from it in. Stigma is the negative assumptions or beliefs held against people with mental illnesses which reduces them to a stereotyped group. One of the biggest and unfortunately invisible barriers that affects the development of mental health in malaysia is the lack of education on it which leads to stigma against it.
Mental illness is expected to be the second highest form of health problem after heart disease by 2020 lee lai 2017. Without mental health support or awareness families or institutions shackle people against their will often believing their condition is. Malaysia s ministry of health kkm recently has been reported that one in three of the country s adults are at risk of developing a mental health problem for the last 5 years health 2011.
Kuala lumpur april 30 malaysian think tank the centre today revealed that a study on mental health well being showed that almost half of its respondents reported experiencing negative mental well being during the movement control order mco with different levels of severity. A psychiatrist and senior lecturer at universiti putra malaysia dr michael ang jin kiat said the disease could take many forms and the most severe and common mental illness include schizophrenia. Hundreds of thousands of men women and children with mental health conditions are living chained up in roughly 60 countries human rights watch said on tuesday.
There is one main mental health law in malaysia the mental health act 2001. It also protects the said individual from abuse or mistreatment.