Promoting Positive Mental Health among Students in Malaysia

Che Rozaniza Azizan; Asbah Razali; Rajalingam Pillai

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Promoting Positive Mental Health among Students in Malaysia

Che Rozaniza Azizan, Asbah Razali, Rajalingam Pillai

Published in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 2)

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Abstract

This article examines analytic issues in research on mental health affecting the students in Malaysia. The review notes the continued move in briefing on the definition of mental health and mental health manner in promoting healthy secondary school students in Malaysia. At the point, parents and teachers are the individuals identified to perform this heavy duty and their collaboration is vital in promoting positive mental health among the students. Thus, the discussion will include definition of mental health, types of mental illness and appropriate measures taken to promote mental health, particularly among students in Malaysia.

Published in	Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.pbs.20130202.18
Page(s)	73-82
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2013. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Mental Health, Students, Malaysia, Mental Illness, Promote Mental Health

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Che Rozaniza Azizan, Asbah Razali, Rajalingam Pillai. Promoting Positive Mental Health among Students in Malaysia. Psychol Behav Sci. 2013;2(2):73-82. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20130202.18

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Che Rozaniza Azizan

Dept. of Foundations of Education (Educational Psychology), Faculty of Educational Studies, University of Putra Malaysia, Selangor
Asbah Razali

Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Putra Malaysia, Selangor
Rajalingam Pillai

School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor

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Che Rozaniza Azizan; Asbah Razali; Rajalingam Pillai. Promoting Positive Mental Health among Students in Malaysia. Psychol. Behav. Sci. 2013, 2(2), 73-82. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20130202.18

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Che Rozaniza Azizan, Asbah Razali, Rajalingam Pillai. Promoting Positive Mental Health among Students in Malaysia. Psychol Behav Sci. 2013;2(2):73-82. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20130202.18

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