Mental Health Statistics In Malaysia 2018

This statistic displays the results of a survey asking individuals about the frequency of their visits to a mental health professional in malaysia in 2018.

Mental health statistics in malaysia 2018. This rm 375 million would be for mental health care in general. According to who malaysia dedicates 1 5 of the health care budget on mental health or approximately rm 375 million. 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. In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence and the associated disease burden.

On the 27th of april 2018 both of these areas of my work and life were celebrated by the listing in malaysia tatler in their generationt project. For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al. 2018 with the estimated costs exceeding 80 million usd manaf et al.

What policymakers fail to understand is that the direct costs of mental illnesses are less than the indirect costs for mental illnesses. This is not only an acknowledgment for my self for which i am very grateful for but a mega win for mental health in malaysia and also tobacco control. The prevalence in females was slightly higher than in males but the difference was not significant 30 8 vs 27 6. The prevalence in kuala lumpur is 39 8.

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. 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. Simply put that s one death every 40 seconds. The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to 11 2 in 2006 to 29 2 in 2015.

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. The section also features improved organization navigation and accessibility. The world health organisation has estimated that approximately 800 000 people die by suicide each year. To help people understand the impact of mental illnesses.