Some common misunderstandings of mental illness
Recently the Menteri Besar of Terengganu, Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman, denied the National Health and Morbidity Survey report that one in four residents of Terengganu are mentally ill. He clarified that mental illness refers to crazy (‘gila’) and that the statistics refers to the prevalence of mental health problem such as stress and worry that stems from stressors such as the high cost of living.