Mental Illness In Malaysia Statistics
What policymakers fail to understand is that the direct costs of mental illnesses are less than the indirect costs for mental illnesses.
Mental illness in malaysia statistics. By 2020 mental illness is expected to be the second biggest health problem affecting malaysians after heart disease. 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. 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. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al.
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. Common signs of poor mental health are feeling down loss of pleasure or interest sleeping difficulties appetite changes constant worry or feeling numb and empty inside. February 2 2017 basic general huibee. Kuala lumpur the coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on the country s mental health with the number of suicides rising as a result.
Nimh statistics pages include statistics on the prevalence treatment and costs of mental illness for the population of the united states in addition to information about possible consequences of mental illnesses such as suicide and disability. The world health organisation has estimated that approximately 800 000 people die by suicide each year. Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2. Mental health in malaysia.
A 35 year old jockey and a 50 year old hawker believed to. 2018 with the estimated costs exceeding 80 million usd manaf et al. According to the latest national health and morbidity survey. The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to.