Confronting Mental Disorder in Urban Physical Setting

Abstract

<jats:p>Mental health issues have many causes, including the changing and unpredictable elements of the urban physical setting. Thus, this research is crucial to understand the mental health challenges of the urban population in Malaysia. Therefore, the objective of this research is to assess the magnitude of mental health outcomes and associated factors of the urban physical setting among the urban population. A study was carried out at two low-cost flats in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, with a sample size of 102 respondents. The findings show that there is a correlation between the urban physical environment setting, particularly green spaces with mental disorders (depression, anxiety, and stress). Keywords: urban planning; environment; mental; health. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning &amp; Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI:</jats:p>

Assessing the Effect of High-Density Housing on Mental Health of Urban Population. Case Study: Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

“…It is important to highlight that the survey is a self-reporting result, and the actual results will need to be diagnosed by a clinical doctor. The findings show the needs to plan a neighbourhood area by taking consideration on the provision of the facilities and functional public spaces as claimed by IOP Publishing doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1217/1/012020 6 Marzukhi et al [5,6]. The Pudu area, which lacks facilities, has the highest prevalence of residents having depression, anxiety and stress compared to the Sentul and Pantai Dalam areas.…”

“…The number of provisions, location, and accessibility is essential for urban dwellers, especially in public parks. Land use is one of the urban environment characteristics that might have associations with mental health [5,6]. Land use consists of the types of development and the location for every kind of development.…”