Mind matters: (From left) Ustaz Mohd Noor Deros, Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan, Anita and Lee at the forum in conjunction with World Health Day 2018.
KUALA LUMPUR: Mental health screening should start at the age of 12 instead of 16 in public schools to better tackle such concerns among students, the Mental Illness Awareness and Support Association (Miasa) said.
Its president Anita Abu Bakar said presently, such efforts were carried out for 16-year-olds in public schools through the Health Ministry’s “Program Minda Sihat” (Healthy Mind Programme), adding that it was too late at this stage as some of their mental health issues would have escalated.
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