Mental Health Issues In Malaysia Statistics
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.
Mental health issues in malaysia statistics. In malaysia the prevalence was found to be between 13 4 15 5 of which the prevalence was 10 4 in urban areas and 11 1 in rural areas toh et ai 1997. What policymakers fail to understand is that the direct costs of mental illnesses are less than the indirect costs for mental illnesses. For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder. Unfortunately uncle tim lives in malaysia where mental health is rarely brought up as a sign of help even though 29 2 of adults in the country suffer from various mental health problems.
File pic kuala lumpur. Mental health in malaysia. In australian samples by far the most prevalent disorders amongst young people are. The overall rates of mental health problems in young people was found to be 17 7 in.
The prevalence rate of mental health problems by higher among. 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. Prevalence of seeking help for mental health issues malaysia 2019 by demography share of adults with anxiety depression due to covid 19 pandemic by income u s.
Prevalence of mental health problems by ethnicity. February 2 2017 basic general huibee. A mental health advocate estimates mental health issues among employees may have cost the country rm14 46 billion or 1 of malaysia s gross domestic product gdp in. 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.
Non malay bumiputras are significantly more likely to suffer from mental health problems. The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to. Society equates people with mental health problems as those with mental illnesses thinking they are crazy and cannot be helped which only makes it more difficult for them to come forward for treatment. 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.
Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2.