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Psychiatry in the People's Republic of China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

William Li. Parry-Jones
William Li. Parry-Jones*
Affiliation:
Highfield Family and Adolescent Unit, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, and University of Oxford
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Abstract

In the spring of 1985, a party of psychiatrists from Great Britain and Ireland visited four major Chinese cities—Beijing (Peking), Shanghai, Nanjing (Nanking) and Guangzhou (Canton), as a study tour of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, under the auspices of the Chinese Medical Association. A number of psychiatric hospitals were visited and there was opportunity for many discussions with psychiatrists and other professional staff. This paper records some impressions of the psychiatric services and practices that were observed, together with material obtained in discussions. It is hoped that it will update and complement previous reports by Western visitors to China, and thus increase understanding of mental health in China.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 6 , June 1986 , pp. 632 - 641
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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