Depression Cases In Malaysia

The road to depression recovery just as the symptoms and causes of depression are different in different people so are the ways to feel better.

Depression cases in malaysia. Depression can happen to anyone at any age. 03 april 2017 depression will be the number one disability by 2030 and is expected to deplete workplace productivity. It can be triggered by chemical imbalance in the brain hormonal changes. The prevalence of depression in malaysia was estimated to be around 8 12 ng c.

In malaysia the prevalence of major depressive disorder was reported to be 5 6 and it was shown to be a powerful trigger of suicide among college students 16 17. Depression is expected to be the number one disability by 2030. My heart sank when i read about the death of robin williams in 2014. The health ministry recorded 465 attempted suicide cases between january and june this year.

Depression is a common serious illness and not a personal weakness. In malaysia there is no exception as depression is a typical mental health problem and it projected to impact about 2 3 million humans as at some period of lives although most of the cases are. In such cases the depression is remedied by changing the situation. However we know better now.

At that time depression was regarded as a spiritual attack. Close to half a million people in malaysia have been found to be experiencing symptoms of. Depression is becoming increasingly prevalent in malaysia and it s projected to be a major mental health illness among malaysians by 2020 as a result of the increasing effects of stress from work family and the society. I will always remember williams as mork the lovable and endearing alien character he portrayed in the popular american sitcom mork and mindy 1978 82.

Hilmi was replying to a question from tan kok wai dap cheras who wanted to know the number of malaysians suffering from the different stages of depression as well as the causes and treatments. In northwest malaysia the prevalence of depression is approximately 48 8 among elderly 18.