Comparing models of mental health service systems between Australia and China: implications for the future development of Chinese mental health service
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- Journal Title:
- CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL
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- 14
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- Key Word:
- mental health service;China;Australia
Abstract： @@ Mental illness is recognized as a significant social and public health problem in China, with approximately 16 million people affected with mental illness according to a report in 2002.1> In addition, approximately 30 million children and young adolescents are suffering from mood and/or behavioral disorders. Drug and alcohol problems and other psychosocial disorders affecting women, eiders and survivors of disasters are also important problems adding to the overall national mental health burden. Research from both China and abroad indicate that mental and behavioral problems will continue to increase in the future. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the financial burden from mental disorders in China will constitute 1/4 of total burden from various diseases in 2020.1
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