Let us tell you more about who we are!

Malaysian Mental Health Association (MMHA) is a non-profit voluntary organisation managed by an elected committee of interested persons and professionals in the community. MMHA was formed in 1967 by a group of mental health professionals and community leaders from University Hospital MMHA was officially registered under the Societies Act 1966 on 30th July 1968.

Objective:

• To promote mental health in the community.
• To help raise the standard of treatment, prevention and research in the field of mental health.
• To provide rehabilitative services for the mentally ill.
• To safeguard the interests and welfare of psychiatric patients.
• To support caregivers and family members of mentally ill persons.

History of MMHA

• The Malaysian Mental Health Association (MMHA) was founded in 1967 by some staff members from University Malaya Medical Centre (formerly known as University Hospital).
• The people behind the association were a group of psychiatrists, psychologists, medical social workers, nurses and occupational therapists involved in the management of the people with mentally disorders.
• They felt the need for a non-governmental organization to provide supportive services to psychiatric patients who had recovered or were recovering from their acute phase of the illness.
• The present membership of MMHA includes people from all walks of life.
• MMHA was officially registered under the Societies Act 1966 on 30th July 1968, Vide Registration No. 403 (Selangor).