Published 2025-02-01
“…Rahilah Halim,1,* Manveen Kaur,2,* Sharifah Suziah Syed Mokhtar,1 Norliza Chemi,1 Martha Sajatovic,3 Yee Kee Tan,4 Ching Sin Siau,4 Chong Guan Ng2 1Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Kajang, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia; 2Psychological Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 3Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center,
University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center & Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA; 4Centre for Community Health Studies (Reach), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Manveen Kaur, Psychological Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Email manveen@um.edu.my Ching Sin Siau, Centre for Community Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, Email chingsin.siau@ukm.edu.myBackground: Internalized stigma and medication non-adherence pose significant challenges for treating major depressive disorder (MDD), leading to disability, increased suicide risk, and morbidity. …”
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