MIRI: Mental illness is expected to be the second biggest health problem affecting Malaysians after heart disease by 2020.
According to National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015, one in every three Malaysians suffer from mental health, which also includes depression.
Minister of Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah said the prevalence of mental health problems among adults had increased from 10.7 per cent in 1996, to 11.2 per cent in 2006, to 29.2 per cent in 2015.
Furthermore, the prevalence in females was higher than in males (30.8 per cent vs 27.6 per cent) while the overall prevalence of mental health problem among children (18 years below) was 12.1 per cent...
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