There are 4.32 million Chinese registered as having severe mental disorders with the National Health and Family Planning Commission as of the end of 2014. 73.2% of patients are in treatment, and of those 96.9% are reported as stable.
There are 1,650 existing mental health organizations in China, and 228,000 beds available in psychiatric hospitals and wings, about 1.71 per 10,000 people. More than 20,000 psychiatrists practice in China, an average of 1.49 per 100,000 people.
The ratio of male to female mental health patients in China is 1:07:1. 4.67% in treatment for mental disorders have a family history of mental illness. 83.6% in treatment have a middle school education or below. 76.1% are aged 18 to 59, and 55.3% live below the poverty line.
Source: inews.qq.com
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Delusions are not classified as mental illness? How about repetitive, self-destructive behaviour? Anti-social disorder? Saving fave at any cost? I guess they build personalities as robust as they build houses here.
Oct 17, 2015 02:57 Report Abuse
4 Million Chinese Suffer from Severe Mental Illness, the Rest in Most Severe category.
Oct 15, 2015 10:14 Report Abuse
This article is not right at all, no offense to Echinacities. First of all we need to take into account the enormous pressures of not being able to openly date during the adolescent period. In addition, we should consider the enormous amount of homework that students have from age 6 through their final year of high school. Top this off, the Gao Kao examination that they must ace with flying colors just to be accepted into any university causes much hardship and those that do not meet expectations lose opportunities and their family's face. What about the people that randomly go around on the streets shouting at the top of their lungs with no apparent aim? Then you have the financial aspect going into the process of marriage where it is expected men should have a house at least mortgaged and sometimes fully bought, car in other cases, and shower the family with gifts, luxuries, and dowry payments, meaning some men cannot afford marriage. In addition, some women cannot find their Mr. Right before age 27 and parental pressure to rear a child becomes unbearable. Finally, and there is an article from the past several days on this website about it, the huge gender imbalance of men over women, well the mental instability is far more than 4 million. As much as we'd like to applaud China for having such a small percentage reported of mentally ill, this is a far understated figure. While it is possible that many cases are left unreported or undetected, have they also taken into account for those who have committed suicide even? Well.... hope they find a way to help the people in need, just the same. Mental illness is no joke.
Oct 14, 2015 09:52 Report Abuse
I'd say double it and add a couple of noughts and you might be getting closer to the money.
Oct 13, 2015 19:07 Report Abuse
Just have a walk along the street, I'll put the number at a bit higher than 4mil... a bus driving through a red light at full speed is not normal, nor is complete narcissism and egoism.
Oct 13, 2015 18:06 Report Abuse
what is classed as a 'mental illness'? Expressing inharmonious thoughts? in Samuel Butler's novel 'Erewhon' illness and poverty are seen as crimes, and criminal behaviour is treated as an illness.
Oct 13, 2015 18:01 Report Abuse
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