Universiti Malaya Specialist Centre consultant psychiatrist Assoc Prof Dr Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin urges the government to disseminate aid to vulnerable groups swiftly to head off mental health issue. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, March 28, 2020.
LAY-OFFS, homelessness, burnout and social isolation make for a perfect storm to trigger mental health issues as a movement control order is enforced to curb Covid-19 infections. Universiti Malaya Specialist Centre consultant psychiatrist Assoc Prof Dr Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin anticipates a slow rise in mental illness in the second week of the MCO, which was enforced on March 18.
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