Develop liveable housing schemes to address mental health issues of PPR children, say experts

KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Norhayati Mohd Noor has been receiving no less than three stress-related cases a month involving children residing in low-cost high-rise schemes in the Klang Valley, developed under the People’s Housing Programme (PPR), since she started conducting family counselling and psychoeducational programmes 12 years ago.

Norhayati, who was also a senior lecturer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Genius@Pintar Negara Foundation Programme, said the parents who sought her services told her they were worried about their children as they did not want to go to school and were rebellious and also seemed unhappy and withdrawn.