MCO Highlights Malaysia’s Lack of Mental Health Services

By Kim Evers

August 2020 FEATURE
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THE PANDEMIC HAS been a bewildering time for most of us; and some have also experienced a decline in mental health. In response to this new crisis, mental health professionals and institutions in Malaysia came up with a practical way to help them: online therapy. Granted, this approach is not new and has its unique set of challenges, according to five experts that Penang Monthly interviewed.There was a marked increase in the number of patients and cases during and after the...

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Kim Evers

is a student of International Relations and Politics with various interests in other fields such as Psychology, Philosophy and Media studies.

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