Mental Health Statistics In Malaysia 2018
The prevalence in kuala lumpur is 39 8.
Mental health statistics in malaysia 2018. For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder. 2018 with the estimated costs exceeding 80 million usd manaf et al. In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence and the associated disease burden.
Detentions under the mental health act 1983 in england 2018 19 by age. Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2. 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.
Malaysian healthcare performance unit national institute of health c o deputy director general research and technical support o ce ministry of health malaysia block e7 federal government administrative centre 62590 putrajaya malaysia tel. Unfortunately we have yet to see a specific mental health allocation in the health budget. 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.
The ability to help someone with mental health problem or in a mental health crisis until. 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. Years and above in malaysia suffer from some form of mental health.
The prevalence of mental health problems among adults increased from 10 7 in 1996 to 11 2 in 2006 to 29 2 in 2015. 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 2018 and. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al.
The prevalence in females was slightly higher than in males but the difference was not significant 30 8 vs 27 6. What policymakers fail to understand is that the direct costs of mental illnesses are less than the indirect costs for mental illnesses. 18 apr 2018 17 28 h.
