Empat sekolah menengah di Malaysia telah terpilih untuk Program Menangani Stres di Sekolah tahun 2011. Tahun 2010 hampir setengah juta rakyat kita menjalani rawatan mental di hospital kerajaan. 11.3 peratus rakyat Malaysia sakit mental, atau hampir 3.3 juta orang rakyat kita sakit mental dengan 50,000 kes cuba bunuh diri setahun. Kembalilah kepada Islam sepenuhnya, bukan separuh, bukan suku.
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PESAKIT MENTAL MENINGKAT 15.6 PERATUS TAHUN LALU: LIOW
Berita Harian Selasa , 18 Januari 2011
PUTRAJAYA: Kementerian Kesihatan amat peka dan bimbang tentang peningkatan masalah kesihatan mental, di mana sepanjang tahun lalu sebanyak 400,227 pesakit mental menjalani rawatan di hospital kerajaan.
“Jumlah ini menunjukkan peningkatan sebanyak 15.6 peratus daripada tahun 2009,” kata Menterinya, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis Penasihat Promosi Kesihatan Mental di sini, hari ini.
Beliau berkata, peningkatan angka itu dilihat selari dengan ramalan Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) bahawa beban masalah kesihatan mental dijangka akan terus meningkat pada kadar 15 peratus menjelang 2020. “Menjelang 2020 juga, salah satu dari gangguan mental iaitu kemurungan dijangka akan menduduki tempat kedua dari segi beban penyakit selepas penyakit jantung iskemia,” katanya.
Melihat pada perkembangan itu, Liow berkata, kementerian berkenaan akan memfokuskan kepada aktiviti mempromosi minda sihat dan pencegahan penyakit mental termasuk pelaksanaan Program Menangani Stres di Sekolah sepanjang tahun ini.
“Satu projek rintis akan diadakan di mana empat Sekolah Menengah dipilih untuk menjalankan Program Menangani Stres di Sekolah selama enam bulan bagi menangani kesihatan mental seawal umur remaja,” katanya.
Empat sekolah tersebut ialah Sekolah Menengah Sains, Teluk Intan, Perak; SMK Datuk Haji Ahmad Badawi, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang; SMK Simpang Bekok, Jasin, Melaka; dan SMK St Michael, Penampang, Sabah.
Beliau berkata, projek rintis berkenaan yang akan bermula Februari depan dilihat perlu diadakan kerana mengikut kajian terdapat juga peningkatan masalah kesihatan mental di kalangan remaja ketika ini.
Liow berkata, program itu akan menggunakan modul Menangani Tekanan di Kalangan Pelajar yang disediakan Kementerian Kesihatan dan jika bersesuaian ia akan diperluaskan ke semua sekolah di seluruh negara mulai tahun depan.
Merujuk kepada Kajian Kesihatan dan Morbiditi Kebangsaan, beliau berkata, kes morbiditi psikiatrik atau pemikiran tidak sihat meningkat sebanyak 11.2 pada tahun 2006 berbanding 10.6 peratus pada 1996.
Kadarnya adalah lebih tinggi di kalangan wanita muda yang berumur antara 16 dan 19 tahun dan wanita berusia antara 70 dan 74 tahun dengan 6.4 peratus daripada mereka mempunyai idea untuk membunuh diri, katanya.
Beliau berkata, kekurangan ahli psikiatrik turut membimbangkan di mana ketika ini hanya terdapat 124 orang psikiatrik di seluruh negara iaitu dengan nisbah dua psikiatrik klinikal berbanding 115,000 penduduk.
“Ia amatlah kurang dari keperluan yang ditetapkan oleh WHO iaitu satu nisbah 50,000 bagi negara membangun. Oleh itu kita akan latih seramai mungkin psikiatrik," kata Liow. - BERNAMA
http://www.bharian.com.my/articles/Pesakitmentalmeningkat15_6peratustahunlalu_Liow/Article/
PILOT PROJECT IN 4 SCHOOLS TO IDENTIFY MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
The Star Tuesday January 18, 2011
PUTRAJAYA: The Health and Education Ministries will jointly launch a pilot project in four secondary schools to identify and address mental health problems early, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
Liow said the move was part of efforts to identify those facing problems like stress and depression, and provide the help needed so that they received the necessary attention before the problems worsened and possibly led to drastic measures, including suicide.
He said a rising trend in the number of youths suffering mental health issues was one of the reasons the two ministries decided there was a need to introduce a mental health programme in schools.
"According to my ministry's National Health Mobility Survey, the number of those seeking medical attention for mental health problems was 10.6% in 1996 but this rose to 11.2%, with 6.4% having considered suicide, in 2006.
"We feel it is alarming that a high number of those seeking treatment in 2006 were those aged between 16 and 19 years and between 70 and 74 years," he told a press conference here Tuesday, after attending the Mental Health Advisory Council meeting here Tuesday.
The pilot project, which will begin immediately, will be conducted at the SM Sains in Teluk Intan, Perak; SMK Ahmad Badawi in Kepala Batas, Penang; SMK Simpang Bekok in Jasin, Malacca and SMK St Michael in Penampang, Sabah.
Under the project, students will be asked to take a mental health evaluation test to determine if they were facing any mental health issues and the level of the problem they faced.
Mental Health Advisory Council member Dr Omar Mihat said the project will involve selected teachers being trained to translate the results of the tests and determine if students were suffering from metal problems, as well as advising them on how they could reduce stress or depression.
"The pilot project will be conducted over six-months to gauge its effectiveness and we expect to introduce it in schools nationwide by the end of the year, once we have ironed out any teething problems," he said.
Liow also said that the ministry would be conducting various programmes to raise awareness on mental health among the public, like the Anti-Stigma Campaign that will be launched later this year.
He said the the campaign would educate the public against attaching a stigma to those treated for mental health problems as this affected efforts to help former patients return to the community and live a normal life.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/18/nation/20110118133244&sec=nation
http://utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=0118&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Terkini&pg=bt_18.htm
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/bm/newsgeneral.php?id=557512
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