Stressful: A model posing as a patient at a ward in Hospital UMRA in Shah Alam. Reviewing the Mental Health Act will not only protect the public from those who ‘misuse’ the diagnosis of mental illness but for Malaysians to have their right to live safely and be protected, says Dr Hazli Zakaria.
PETALING JAYA: The Mental Health Act 2001 should be reviewed to protect the public against the misuse of mental illness diagnoses in the legal system and at the same time provide justice to victims, say experts.
Psychiatry expert Dr Hazli Zakaria said with the prevalence of mental health problems and mental illness since the Covid-19 pandemic, it is timely to review the Act.
