Document Type : Letter(s) to the Editor
Authors
- Tengku Amatullah Madeehah Tengku Mohd 1, 2
- Khadijah Hasanah Abang Abdullah 3
- Suhaila Sanip 4
- Syara Shazanna Zulkifli 5
- Balqis Muhammad Kasim 6
- Nur Najihah Che Ahmat 7
- Wan Yuen Choo 8
1 Department of Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
2 Department of Global Population Health, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
3 Psychiatry Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
4 Medical Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
5 Department of Psychology, Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia
6 Department of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia
7 Department of Medicine, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia
8 Department of Social and Preventative Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract
We recently conducted a scoping review of the literature on mental health service utilization in Malaysia, with the aim of mapping key trends, identifying research gaps, and highlighting implications for health policy.
Highlights
Tengku Amatullah Madeehah Tengku Mohd (Google Scholar),
Keywords
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