Mental Health Malaysia Statistics
In this entry we present the latest estimates of mental health disorder prevalence and the associated disease burden.
Mental health malaysia statistics. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. 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. Mental health in malaysia.
February 2 2017 basic general huibee. Every 3 in 10 adults aged 16 years and above have some sorts of mental health problems 29 2. According to who malaysia dedicates 1 5 of the health care budget on mental health or approximately rm 375 million.
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. Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. This rm 375 million would be for mental health care in general.
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For 2017 this study estimates that 792 million people lived with a mental health disorder. 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. Today approximately 30 of people in malaysia aged 16 years or older have mental health problems hassan et al.
This statistic shows the result of a survey amongst respondents who have experienced mental health issues in malaysia as of june 2019 by demography. 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. Relate mental health malaysia relate founder dr chua sook ning said mental disorders considered an invisible illness had been on the rise with 10 5 of the population suffering from it.