China Says Mental Illness Becomes Major Problem
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Mental illness has become a major public health problem in China as the country modernizes and family traditions fade, Xinhua news agency said Tuesday.
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Nearly 100 people, many of them children, have been sent to hospital after an outbreak of encephalitis B in southwest China, state media said Sunday.
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An internal survey by the Chinese Communist Party has found that more than half its higher-echelon cadres are incompetent and many &quot;lost their heads&quot; when faced with difficult situations.
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Up to 75 percent of all urban Chinese suffer from ill health, and life expectancies are declining for skilled and educated workers as modern lifestyles exact a deadly toll, according to a study by the Chinese Red Cross.
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An increase in chronic diseases in China is due to poor nutritional knowledge and a lack of educational programs, health officials say.
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Many mental health wards in Britain may do more harm than good and on some, patients are subjected to violence, verbal abuse and sexual harassment, according to special reports in the Lancet on Friday.
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China has ordered universities to keep individual psychological health records for each incoming new student amid rising concern over campus suicides, state media reported on Wednesday.
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Hyping China's food and product safety problem is a sickness in itself, the country's new health minister said on Wednesday, a day after Mattel announced a third global recall of Chinese-made toys.
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People suffering mental health problems are being failed by poor access to key community services, a watchdog says.
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Small families and late marriages may contribute to growing numbers of people suffering from depression in Asian countries, a leading psychiatrist says.
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Hundreds of millions of people fall ill every year or die prematurely from air and water pollution caused by China's breakneck economic growth, one of the world's leading economic thinktanks has concluded following an 18-month investigation.
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Doctors aim to uncover what causes one of the most common mental health problems - social anxiety disorder.
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The number of Japanese suffering from mental illnesses topped 3 million for the first time in 2005, the government said Friday, amid efforts to improve mental health services in Japan.
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Nearly a quarter of Beijing's   university students suffer from clinical depression, a Chinese   newspaper reported on Wednesday, reflecting financial   pressures, fierce academic competition and a tight job market   for graduates.
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China issues emergency orders in response to a meningitis outbreak that has infected 258 people so far.
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Up to 75 percent of urban Chinese suffer from bad health, with a new survey showing the problem is killing more people than infectious diseases, particularly among the skilled and educated.
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More than a third of Chinese people who fall ill do not go to a doctor because they cannot afford to, a survey finds.