Relate Insights provides analysis of current mental health issues in Asia and their impact on society at every level, from local community to policy development. This will be published occasionally, and is aimed at keeping decision-makers in both the public and private sectors informed; as well as scholars, laypersons and the interested public.
Summary
- Create awareness on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health in Malaysia.
- Create awareness on the growing rate of the statistics of suicide in Malaysia.
- Explain the origin of the law criminalising attempted suicide, and countries that have since decriminalised it.
- Affirm the urgent need for reformation of the law of attempted suicide in Malaysia.