Percentage Of Mental Illness In Malaysia
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Percentage of mental illness in malaysia. 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. 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. But sadly it did happen in malaysia.
This rm 375 million would be for mental health care in general. Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2. During the period surveyed eleven percent of respondents aged 18 to 24 years old stated that they have experienced mental health issues compared to two percent of those aged 55 years old and above. 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.
February 2 2017 basic general huibee. A national survey by the ministry of health has revealed that malaysian teens aged 13 to 17 are critically suffering from mental health problems. Did you know that 1 in 3 malaysians are suffering from mental health issues. The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to.
General health questionnaire ghq it has been used by the national health and morbidity survey since 1996. Mental health in malaysia. According to the 2015 national health and morbidity survey pg. If you can t brain percentages this roughly translates to 3 out of 10 people.
187 conducted by the ministry of health 29 2 of malaysian adults suffer from mental health issues. The same survey also showed the statistics for the prevalence of suicidal thoughts of 10 among the students which has increased by almost 3 from 7 9 in 2012. Relate is going to take you through the report released by the institute for public health ministry of health malaysia.