Mental Health Issues In Malaysia 2020
According to the latest national health and morbidity survey every three in 10 adults aged 16 years and above in malaysia suffer from some form of mental health issues.
Mental health issues in malaysia 2020. A man feeds his pet bird on his front porch during the movement control order in gombak april 23 2020. November 30 2017 by. It calls on society to invest in providing mental read more 0. Resolving mental illness issues in malaysia.
Mental health issues have read more 0. Depression will be a major mental health illness by 2020 as more people are expected to experience increased stress due to work and family pressure the malaysian psychiatric. There is also the unspoken pressure to look cheerful. 2017 has been encouraging for mental health advocacy in malaysia.
According to the latest national health and morbidity survey. February 18 2020. 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. By 2020 mental illness is expected to be the second biggest health problem affecting malaysians after heart disease.
A mental health advocate estimates mental health issues among employees may have cost the country rm14 46 billion or 1 of malaysia s gross domestic product gdp in 2018 and.