Ratio Of Mental Illness In Malaysia

The normal psychiatrist to population ratio is one per 10 000 but in malaysia the ratio is 1 to 100 000 and what is more.

Ratio of mental illness in malaysia. According to the 2015 national health and morbidity survey nhms a staggering 29 2 of adult malaysians. 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. 2018 with the estimated costs exceeding 80 million usd manaf et al. Retrieved from the national health and morbidity survey 2015 available here or here.

Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al. Mental health issues and mental illness in malaysia mental health issues have risen dramatically in malaysia over the years. But mmi found that malaysia only had 20 registered child psychiatrists in 2018 most of whom are based in kuala lumpur and selangor. By 2020 mental illness is expected to be the second.

14 3 of those with a chronic physical illness also had a mental illness. The prevalence of mental health issues in malaysia has tripled from 10 7 in 1996 to 29 2 in 2016 2 in 2017 depressive 2 26 of total disability adjusted life years and anxiety disorders 1 71 of total disability adjusted life years were found to be among the top contributors to disability in malaysia. Among those with mental illness 50 6 had a chronic physical illness. Mental illness is expected to be the second biggest health problem affecting malaysians after heart diseases by 2020.

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 survey has provided a rich body of information on the prevalence of mental illnesses and problems. Most of the estimates presented in this entry are produced by the institute for health metrics and evaluation and reported in their flagship global burden of disease study. The ratio of psychiatrists to the malaysian population is 1 200 000 1 10 000 is recommended by who.

Needs of the population for mental health services is important so that services would be more needs led and fair. In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence and the associated disease burden. For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder.