Mental Health Statistics In Malaysia 2018

The overall prevalence of mental health problem among children was 12 1 children 5 to 15 years old.

Mental health statistics in malaysia 2018. To help people understand the impact of mental illnesses. What policymakers fail to understand is that the direct costs of mental illnesses are less than the indirect costs for mental illnesses. 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. 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.

That is far from sufficient. According to who malaysia dedicates 1 5 of the health care budget on mental health or approximately rm 375 million. The section also features improved organization navigation and accessibility. According to data provided by ipsos about two percent of malaysian respondents claimed to visit or consult with mental health professionals at least three times a year while about 64 percent.

This rm 375 million would be for mental health care in general. The national institute of mental health nimh has launched a redesigned statistics section on its website that features interactive data visualization tools and sharing capabilities. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al. For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder.

Prevalence of mental health problems in children. Mental problem is an emerging health issues. Anxiety depression 15 7 pro social skill 11 2 and hyperactivity 4 6. In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence and the associated disease burden.

The prevalence was considerably high whereby 29 of people aged 16 years and above and 12 of children aged between 5 and 15. 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. 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.