Mental health care in China: Review on the delivery and policy issues in 1949-2009 and the outlook for the next decade

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 134-145

  Li, Keqing ^a   Sun, Xiuli ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Shi, Guang ^b   Kolstad, Arnulf ^c  

^a Mental Health Center of Hebei Province   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

China; mental health care; recommendations; reform; service and policy

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; MANIA; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATURAL DISASTER; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBANIZATION; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84900337717     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/neu.2013.40     Document Type: Review

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