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PSYCHIATRY IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Author(s) -
Sainsbury Maurice J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb93235.x
Subject(s) - people's republic , psychiatry , proletariat , china , cultural revolution , mental health , medicine , incidence (geometry) , psychology , political science , law , physics , optics , politics
An account of psychiatry is given as observed in the People's Republic of China in October, 1973. The incidence of psychiatric disorders and their treatment, including the use of acupuncture, is described. Aspects of training of workers in psychiatry, the delivery of mental health care and the effects of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution on psychiatric management are mentioned, and two psychiatric facilities are described.