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