Mental Health Malaysia Statistics
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Mental health malaysia statistics. The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to 11 2 in 2006 to 29 2 in 2015. For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder. What policymakers fail to understand is that the direct costs of mental illnesses are less than the indirect costs for mental illnesses. Department of statistics malaysia block c6 complex c federal government administrative centre 62514 putrajaya tel.
Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2. In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence and the associated disease burden. 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. During the period surveyed eleven percent of.
Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. This statistic shows the result of a survey amongst respondents who have experienced mental health issues in malaysia as of june 2019 by demography. Mycensus 2020 portal portal banci 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. 03 8885 7000 fax. 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. Malaysian think tank the centre in april said a study it conducted found that some 45 per cent of 1 084 malaysian respondents were experiencing varying levels of anxiety and depression during the.
Relate mental health malaysia relate founder dr chua sook ning said mental disorders considered an invisible illness had been on the rise with 10 5 of the population suffering from it in.