Number of at-risk callers to Talian Heal shows vital need for early intervention, says Dzulkefly

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The number of calls to mental health helpline Talian Heal indicating suicidal tendencies shows a need for intervention measures to be improved, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.   He said 336 such calls were received by the helpline from its inception in 2022 up to Wednesday (Oct 9). Read more at https://shorturl.at/xvj32  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Generally, what are the health problems in this country, and how many calls for the 1555 health line have been increased?

00:12That's what I think is very important in this question. Maybe from the data and statistics, we can get it right later.

00:20Yes, the health line in particular, we have seen the calls.

00:27The number of calls received so far is 59,860.

00:36And from there, we notice that the assistance that needs emotional support is 59% or 35,590.

00:48That's how many there are who need immediate emotional support.

00:55And also, in terms of special interventions, such as psycho-education,

01:02positive psycho-education, they are given skills to manage, or called their coping skills,

01:10CBT, and also counselling, there are 24,270.

01:18That's a total of 59,860.

01:23And there, I need to note that the tendency,

01:32this is what we call as suicidal ideation,

01:36the tendency to commit suicide,

01:41is as many as 336 cases out of the 59,000 that I mentioned earlier,

01:46which connects us in the health line,

01:53the suicidal tendencies.

01:56From there, if I may say a little more, from the tendency,

02:02we notice that the tendency to commit suicide is 198 cases.

02:07So, they are really calculating, they are thinking, they are rooting,

02:15they are trapped in such a situation.

02:19As many as 198 cases.

02:21This is what we need to immediately intervene and identify

02:25so that we can avoid them from committing suicide.

02:30That's ideation.

02:32But the real attempt to commit suicide,

02:35which means that they have taken steps towards it,

02:39earlier it was just an idea, 198,

02:41but what has really shown that they are doing,

02:46taking a plan to commit suicide is 138 cases.

02:54That's all that we remember.

02:56This may not be the entire scenario,

02:59because they are underreporting,

03:01they did not come to us in HEAL 1555,

03:05but this is the stage or the situation today,

03:11which reminds us that we need to increase the efforts,

03:16interventions and efforts to save them.

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