It’s bittersweet to see more and more mainstream news outlets cover mental health issues (a step in the right direction) but while using language that perpetuates stereotypes and stigma. A recent NST headlines screamed : “[Exclusive] Overworked souls risk going mental and dying early”. The Oxford Dictionary defines “Going mental” as informal phrase that means […]
November 2017
The 2018 Health Budget – A new budget, same old story?
The new 2018 budget has been tabled and there is an increase in the Health Ministry 2018 budget from RM 25 billion in 2017 to RM26.58 billion in 2018. Unfortunately we have yet to see a specific mental health allocation in the health budget. There was no mention of increasing mental health resources in Malaysia, […]
