精神卫生立法需要着眼于未来(英文)

The forum article by Professor Xie [1] raises the broad issue of whether mental health legislation in China needs to respond to the existing realities of the community mental health services system.Given the lack of community mental health resources in China,the burden of caring for persons with mental illnesses has traditionally been borne by families and by psychiatric hospitals.As China introduces its first national mental health legislation the concern is that     

OBITUARY

<正>With great sadness we announce the passing of Professor Desen Yang on March 31,2017Professor Yang was former vice president of Hunan Medical University,Hunan Medica University,former director of the Institute of mental health and the department of menta health,vice chairman of Psychiatry Branch of the Chinese Medical Association,and chairman     

686项目对中国和全球精神卫生的重要意义(英文)

Quietly, with little apparent notice from even the strongest advocates for global mental health, China is undertaking the world’s largest - and arguably most important - mental health services demonstration project, a project focused on providing comprehensive care for persons with severe mental illnesses. As Professor Ma indicates in her short report,[1] the ’686 Project’ was launched as part of China’s commitment to rebuild its public health infrastructure following the SARS epidemic, and has now moved beyond the initial pilot phase into a process of scaling up community     

Use of instruments and scales in mental health research in China

Almost all mental health research involves the use of instruments or scales.These are employed to make diagnoses;to measure the severity of symptoms;to assess knowledge,attitudes and behaviors;and for a wide range of other purposes.Much of the reported mental health research in China employs Chinese versions of scales from the west,but in many cases the reliability and validity of the scales in China have not been adequately assessed so the validity of the reported results is in question.This paper discusses this issue and other aspects of using instruments and scales in China that have not been given sufficient attention by mental health researchers.     

精神医学科研方法(3):中国精神卫生研究中工具和量表的使用(英文)

Almost all mental health research involves the use of instruments or scales.These are employed to make diagnoses;to measure the severity of symptoms;to assess knowledge,attitudes and behaviors;and for a wide range of other purposes.Much of the reported mental health research in China employs Chinese versions of scales from the     

精神卫生法的贯彻实施需要有共识和操作规范(英文)

China’s new mental health law, which was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on 26 October 2012, will take effect on 1 May 2013.The primary goals of the law are to develop the field of mental health, to standardize mental health services and to protect the legal rights and interests     

Comorbid bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: state of the art in pediatric patients

<正>To the editor:Apparent comorbidity between bipolar disorder(BD)and anxiety disorders is a common condition in psychiatry,~([1,2])one of the most difficult to manage being the co-occurrence of BD and obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD).~([3,4])In 1860 French psychiatrist BénédictAugustin Morel first described patients with symptoms typical of what is now considered comorbid BD and OCD.~([5])A century later,when categorizing mental     

Operationalizing the involuntary treatment regulations of China＇s new mental health law

1. Introduction
Mental health legislation aims to find the right balance between the interests of mentally ill patients and the interests of the public. Sociocultural differences between nations result in different approaches to defining this balance in mental health laws and changes within nations over time lead to changes in the regulations used to operationalize these laws. There is general agreement in mental health laws from different jurisdictions about the importance of maintaining patients＇ autonomy and their right to receive appropriate treatment. But there are substantial differences across jurisdictions in the mechanisms developed to operationalize these principles.     

The current situations and needs of mental health in China

<正>It was good news to hear that the National Health and Family Planning Commission produced China’s National Mental Health Plan 2015-2020 having developed it in collaboration with ten other departments.Progress in the field of mental health requires a broad and lasting involvement of a variety of health and other social sectors which are unlikely to contribute to the program     

制定新的精神卫生法保护精神疾病患者自主权可能导致精神卫生服务模式的巨变:风险是否过大?(英文)

In the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) held in October 2011,China’s top legislature reviewed the draft of a new mental health law,which will institute strict conditions and procedures with regard to compulsory mental treatment [1].The law was designed to protect Chinese citizens from possible abuses of compulsory psychiatric treatment and unnecessary hospitalization.The draft law stipulates that mental health examinations