Mental Illness In Malaysia 2020
But mmi found that malaysia only had 20 registered child psychiatrists in 2018 most of whom are based in kuala lumpur and selangor.
Mental illness in malaysia 2020. Kuala lumpur 9 october 2020 alaminda specialist clinic a new psychiatric and psychological treatment centre has announced its intention to collaborate with naluri the country s foremost digital healthcare provider to transform mental healthcare in malaysia. Mental health advocate dr chua sook ning says this is about 1 of the country s gdp in 2018 and companies need to know how to handle the matter. It is not caused by possession of a spiritual force it is not contagious or a sign that someone. Depression is a common mental health condition that causes people to experience depressed mood loss of interest or pleasure feelings of guilt or low self worth disturbed sleep or appetite low energy and poor concentration.
Depression is not a sign of personal weakness failure or laziness. In conjunction with world mental health day 2020 which falls on october 10th the two companies will pioneer a new offline. Mental illness does not discriminate it happens to people from all walks of lives. Moh s national health and morbidity survey 2019 found that 420 000 children in malaysia suffered from mental health problems dubbing mental health issues among children as a hidden epidemic.
Relate mental health malaysia. But many patients choose to fight this battle alone because of the stigma towards them in the society. To invest in raising the quality and standard of mental health services. It calls on society to invest in providing mental health education.
Mental illness is expected to be the second highest form of health problem affecting malaysians after heart disease by 2020. Resolving mental illness issues in malaysia. World mental health day 2020 the 2020 world mental health campaign encourages us to invest.