Mental Health Statistics In Malaysia
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.
Mental health statistics in malaysia. The world health organisation has estimated that approximately 800 000 people die by suicide each year. Based on the national health and morbidity survey 2015 study by the ministry the prevalence of mental health issues among adults above 16 years old is 29 2 or 4 2mil malaysians he said in a. This rm 375 million would be for mental health care in general. The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to.
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. That is far from sufficient. In malaysia police statistics show that there were more than 500 causes of people committing suicide or attempting suicide every year between 2014 and 2018. February 2 2017 basic general huibee.
Mental health in malaysia. According to the 2015 national health and morbidity surveys the prevalence of mental health problems among adults in malaysia showed an increasing trend. 2018 with the estimated costs exceeding 80 million usd manaf et al. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al.
Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2. From 10 7 in 1996 to 29 2 in 2015. According to who malaysia dedicates 1 5 of the health care budget on mental health or approximately rm 375 million. These are all misconceptions that surround mental health in our society despite mental health problems being common in malaysia.