Last Friday I wrote Mental Health Abroad: Spotlight on China, in which I attempted to provide you with Chinese mental health resources.
I say “attempted” because, well, I wasn’t able to find that many.
Fortunately, super cool reader Erin shared a paper she wrote last year about postpartum depression in China, Postpartum Depression in China vs. the United States, at her blog Shake This Riddle Off.
It’s not only her generosity that makes Erin so cool, mind you. The girl is also currently a Graduate Assistant at West Virginia University who wants to educate people about mental health.
So, check out Erin’s paper and …read more

In light of today’s 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing, I thought it’d be interesting to take a look at mental health in China: Mental health facilities, services, treatments, statistics, etc.
I once talked with an Asian Mental Health Notes reader who shared with me the strong stigma and shame mental illness carries in Asian countries. So, I wasn’t surprised when I read Chinese Concerned About Mental Health, a 2003 article that states, “Traditionally, Chinese consider mental disease to be a shame,” and quotes one Chinese man’s fear of his colleagues finding out about his depression if he were to see …read more