Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia

Emotional and behavioural problems among children have been increasing in many western as well as the eastern countries. Although the problem has been given attention and priority in terms of early detection, many children with early symptoms of emotional and behavioural problems has still not been...

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Main Author: Idayu Badilla Idris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11576/
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spelling ukm-115762018-04-13T21:26:50Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11576/ Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia Idayu Badilla Idris, Emotional and behavioural problems among children have been increasing in many western as well as the eastern countries. Although the problem has been given attention and priority in terms of early detection, many children with early symptoms of emotional and behavioural problems has still not been detected at the early stages. This phenomenon is worrying as mental health problems were shown to be stable in the long run and if left undetected it may manifest into various problems in adulthood. This paper explores the issues on emotional and behavioural problems in terms of its definition, prevalence, aetiology, long term consequences and treatment. It also explores on mental health problems in a non-western country, i.e. Malaysia including its prevalence and intervention strategies which has been carried out in overcoming this worrying issue. Finally this review paper stresses the importance of providing a well-designed epidemiological study in Malaysia in assessing the current prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems in young children and adolescent. Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11576/1/82-552-1-PB.pdf Idayu Badilla Idris, (2017) Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health Research, 7 (2). pp. 829-835. ISSN 2232-0245 http://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/9
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description Emotional and behavioural problems among children have been increasing in many western as well as the eastern countries. Although the problem has been given attention and priority in terms of early detection, many children with early symptoms of emotional and behavioural problems has still not been detected at the early stages. This phenomenon is worrying as mental health problems were shown to be stable in the long run and if left undetected it may manifest into various problems in adulthood. This paper explores the issues on emotional and behavioural problems in terms of its definition, prevalence, aetiology, long term consequences and treatment. It also explores on mental health problems in a non-western country, i.e. Malaysia including its prevalence and intervention strategies which has been carried out in overcoming this worrying issue. Finally this review paper stresses the importance of providing a well-designed epidemiological study in Malaysia in assessing the current prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems in young children and adolescent.
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Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia
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title Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia
title_short Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia
title_full Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia
title_fullStr Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in Malaysia
title_sort emotional and behavioural problems among children: issues and trends in malaysia
publisher Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11576/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11576/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11576/1/82-552-1-PB.pdf
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