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29 May 2023

Attempted Suicide Rate Rises To 10% Among Malaysian Teens: NHMS Survey

NHMS 2022 survey shows an increase in suicidal thought and attempted suicide rates to 13.1% and 9.5% respectively among Malaysian teens aged 13-17. Higher prevalence reported among girls – 18.5% (suicidal thought), 13.4% (attempted suicide) – than boys.

24 May 2023

Malaysia

Dewan Rakyat Passes Amendments To Mental Health Act

The Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 empowers crisis intervention officers to apprehend individuals with mental disorders posing a threat to themselves or others.

22 May 2023

Malaysia

Bandar Kuching MP: Allocate 2.4% Of National Health Budget To Hospital Psychiatric Services

Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii urges Malaysia to establish a unified mental health surveillance system, tracking disorders like suicide, depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia through a comprehensive database.

22 May 2023

Malaysia

Parliament Passes Bill To Decriminalise Attempted Suicide In Historic Move

Dewan Rakyat unanimously passes bill to decriminalise attempted suicide, marking a historic milestone in Malaysia’s mental health and legal landscape.

22 May 2023

Malaysia

Kuala Langat MP Calls For Better Mental Health Services As Government Bids To Decriminalise Attempted Suicide

Kuala Langat MP Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi urges government support for a dedicated recovery and treatment centre to aid individuals in emotional distress or contemplating self-harm.

25 April 2023

World

Criminalising Suicide Only Makes It Worse

If the aim of criminalising suicide attempts is to deter people from ending their lives and protect the vulnerable, it has failed.

20 April 2023

World

The Alternatives Which Can Help Prevent Suicide

There are other legislations and programmes to help prevent suicide other than criminalising suicide attempts.

19 April 2023

Malaysia

What A Suicide Registry Database Should Look Like

By capturing data on suicide cases and rates, a registry database can help provide better intervention programmes.

22 March 2023

Malaysia

Government To Table Section 309 Repeal By April To Decriminalise Attempted Suicide

Ramkarpal Singh says the government plans to table the repeal of Section 309 of the Penal Code in the current Dewan Rakyat meeting that ends April 4 to decriminalise attempted suicide, after years of advocacy to treat sufferers as patients, not criminals.

23 December 2022

Letter

Repeal Section 309 Penal Code, Decriminalise Attempted Suicide — Dr Kelvin Yii, Michelle Ng & Lim Yi Wei

Should there be any concern in there being a lacuna upon repeal -- the government can instruct, administratively, for the police to invoke its powers under Section 10 of the Mental Health Act in cases of attempted suicide to admit the person into a psychiatric hospital.

Tag: Suicide

Attempted Suicide Rate Rises To 10% Among Malaysian Teens: NHMS Survey

Dewan Rakyat Passes Amendments To Mental Health Act

Bandar Kuching MP: Allocate 2.4% Of National Health Budget To Hospital Psychiatric Services

Parliament Passes Bill To Decriminalise Attempted Suicide In Historic Move

Kuala Langat MP Calls For Better Mental Health Services As Government Bids To Decriminalise Attempted Suicide

Criminalising Suicide Only Makes It Worse

The Alternatives Which Can Help Prevent Suicide

What A Suicide Registry Database Should Look Like

Government To Table Section 309 Repeal By April To Decriminalise Attempted Suicide

Repeal Section 309 Penal Code, Decriminalise Attempted Suicide — Dr Kelvin Yii, Michelle Ng & Lim Yi Wei

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