PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) will develop a mental health action plan for children and teenagers to overcome the rise in mental health cases involving that group.
Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the increase in mental health problems among juveniles is a worrying trend because they are the future of the country.
“An action plan for the mental health of children and adolescents will be developed so that this problem does not worsen to the point of suicide,” she said after attending the 2023 World Mental Health Day celebration here today.
On Oct 14, Dr Zaliha announced that based on the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) report, a total of 424,000 children in the country experienced mental health issues throughout the past year and this trend is seen to be increasing post-Covid-19.
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