Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni said this is because there is still stigma from parents who cannot accept that their child is identified as having mental...
: The Ministry of Health is focusing on conducting comprehensive engagement sessions with stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations , to raise public awareness regarding mental health among children and adolescents.
“During counselling, teachers find that some children, especially in primary schools, have mental health issues and societal stigma, as well as parents’ inability to accept sending their children for screening and treatment at health facilities,“ he said during the question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Through information and experience-sharing sessions, Lukanisman said Malaysia has good mental health programmes and modules that are praised by foreign countries, but the process to strengthen understanding among the community regarding this matter is still lacking.
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