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Family - Based Mental Health Care in Rural

by Mao-Sheng Ran
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Book cover type: Misc
  • ISBN13: 9789622097254
  • Binding: Misc
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  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press
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  • Original Price: USD 30.0
  • Language: English
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  • Item Weight: 431 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Social Work

Without a comprehensive system of mental health care, the Chinese government and mental health care professionals are being confronted with two crucial issues. The first issue is how China will provide mental health services for those who need it in China, the world’s most populous country. Many individuals with a severe mental disorder in China go untreated or receive psychiatric treatment long after the first onset of illness, especially in the rural areas. In contemporary China, providing appropriate medication for managing mental disorders is a key factor. The second issue is how China will improve the quality of the mental health service with scarce resources and at the same time ensure a basic quality of life for people with mental disorders. The development of mental health services in China has certain characteristics. The mental hospitals play a dominant role in delivering mental health services. Families also play an important role, since more than 90% of people with mental illness are cared for at home with their immediate family members as primary caregivers. Recently, the government has mandated the development of community care, implying that the burden of care be shifted from the country to the family. However, families need help from the professionals to take care of their ill relatives. Based on a study in Chengdu in China for families with persons suffering from schizophrenia, this book examines how psychoeducational family intervention can be developed in rural areas. Detailed guidelines for effective family interventions, community mental health services, and social welfare and mental health policy are described. It is hoped that these suggestions may be incorporated into existing mental health care systems for the benefit of people with mental disorders in developing countries.

Mao-Sheng Ran, an experienced social psychiatrist, is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Hong Kong. Meng-Ze Xiang is Professor of Psychiatry in West China Medical School of Sichuan University. Peggy Simpson was formerly an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing Studies, University of Hong Kong. Cecilia Lai-Wan Chan is Professor of Social Work and the Director of the Centre on Behavioral Health, University of Hong Kong.

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