Malaysia's social policies on mental health: a critical theory.
This article aims to review the social policies on mental health and mental illness in Malaysia. Using critical theory, major policy issues pertaining to mental health and mental illness such as mental health legislation, prevalence rates and quality of services available to the people with mental health problems are discussed in detail. Implications of these issues on persons with mental health problems are critically evaluated. The paper highlights that the other countries in ASEAN region also require similar review by policy literature.
Mubarak
A Rahamuthulla
AR
School of Social Administration and Social Work, The Flinders University of South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001. mubarak@flinders.edu.au
D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D015995:Prevalence; D011332:Privatization; D011570:Psychiatry; D011787:Quality of Health Care