1401) Mental Health Services in Malaysia: Current and Toward 2020 .
Author: Abdul Kadir, Adu Bakar
Year: 2008
Source: ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry.Mental Health toward 2020: Working Together for Better Mental Health in Asia 26-29 August 2008, Bangkok, Thailand.Page 16
The National Burden of Disease (2004) reported the five leading burden diseases were: ischemic heart disease, mental illness, cerebra-vascular disease (stroke), road traffic injuries and cancers. Both the public and private sectors provide health care in Malaysia with the Ministry of Health acting as the lead agency. The health care I indicators indicated good pro grass with high life expectancy: low birth mortality and death rates. Mental illness was reported to be the second cause of disease...