Mental disorders in Malaysia: an increase in lifetime prevalence

There is an increasing prevalence of mental disorders in Malaysia, with a growing need to improve access to timely and efficient mental healthcare to address this burden. This review outlines the current legislative framework and the challenges of delivering mental healthcare and treating mental dis...

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Autores principales: Raaj, Shaeraine, Navanathan, Sujesha, Tharmaselan, Myelone, Lally, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
Materias:
Country Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8554924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34747937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.4
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spelling pubmed-85549242021-11-06 Mental disorders in Malaysia: an increase in lifetime prevalence Raaj, Shaeraine Navanathan, Sujesha Tharmaselan, Myelone Lally, John BJPsych Int Country Profile There is an increasing prevalence of mental disorders in Malaysia, with a growing need to improve access to timely and efficient mental healthcare to address this burden. This review outlines the current legislative framework and the challenges of delivering mental healthcare and treating mental disorders in Malaysia. Cambridge University Press 2021-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8554924/ /pubmed/34747937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Mental disorders in Malaysia: an increase in lifetime prevalence
title_full Mental disorders in Malaysia: an increase in lifetime prevalence
title_fullStr Mental disorders in Malaysia: an increase in lifetime prevalence
title_full_unstemmed Mental disorders in Malaysia: an increase in lifetime prevalence
title_short Mental disorders in Malaysia: an increase in lifetime prevalence
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.4
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