Mental Health Statistics In Malaysia

According to who malaysia dedicates 1 5 of the health care budget on mental health or approximately rm 375 million. In fact the international journal of academic research in business and social sciences reported in an article highlighting the issues and challenges of mental health in malaysia wrote that that more than 50 of malaysians believe that when it comes to mental illness the sufferer is to blame for their condition while about 80 believe that there s no such thing as mental health problems. This rm 375 million would be for mental health care in general.

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What policymakers fail to understand is that the direct costs of mental illnesses are less than the indirect costs for mental illnesses.

Mental health statistics in malaysia. February 2 2017 basic general huibee. Mental illness does not discriminate it happens to people from all walks of lives. 2018 with the estimated costs exceeding 80 million usd manaf et al. Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2.

Prevalence of seeking help for mental health issues malaysia 2019 by demography share of adults with anxiety depression due to covid 19 pandemic by income u s. Malaysia spends 2 35 of its gdp on health and 0 39 of this is allocated towards mental health with no specific mental health budget for community mental health programmes. That is far from sufficient. The befrienders kuala lumpur patron lee lam thye said nhms 2019 also found that 424 000 children were experiencing mental health problems.

But many patients choose to fight this battle alone because of the stigma towards them in the society. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al. 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. Depression will be a major mental health illness among malaysians by 2020 as more people are expected to experience increased stress due to work and family pressure says tan sri lee.

The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to. Half of all mental disorders begin by the age of 14. Mental health in malaysia. From professionals to students parents and children mental illness is expected to be the second highest form of health problem among malaysians by 2020.