Eager to build an integrated community-based mental health system, in 2004 China started
the '686 Programme', whose purpose was to integrate hospital and community services for …

Over the past few years there have been considerable changes in China's mental health
service system. This review provides an overview of the development of mental health …

This paper summarizes the history of the development of Chinese mental health system; the
current situation in the mental health field that China has to face in its effort to reform the …

Due to various reasons, China has faced major deficits in mental health resources in the
past decades. For example, in 2004 there were only 16,103 licensed psychiatrists and …

Prior to 2005 China's mental health services were provided in the same manner as the other
types of health services in the country. The hospital was the center of the service delivery …

BackgroundThere is a global drive to improve access to mental healthcare by scaling up
integrated mental health into primary healthcare (PHC) systems in low-and middle-income …

BackgroundFor too long there have been heated debates between those who believe that
mental health care should be largely or solely provided from hospitals and those who …

Over the past three decades, China's economic reforms have achieved great success.
However, rapid urban isation and economic growth are generating new challenges for the …

Abstract Since 2008 the World Health Organization (WHO), through its mental health Gap
Action Programme, has attempted to revitalize efforts to integrate mental health into non …

There is a large treatment gap for mental health care in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs), with the majority of people with mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) …