The forum article by Professor Xie [1] raises the broad issue of whether mental health legislation in China needs to respond to the existing realities of the community mental health services system.Given the lack of c...The forum article by Professor Xie [1] raises the broad issue of whether mental health legislation in China needs to respond to the existing realities of the community mental health services system.Given the lack of community mental health resources in China,the burden of caring for persons with mental illnesses has traditionally been borne by families and by psychiatric hospitals.As China introduces its first national mental health legislation the concern is展开更多
文摘The forum article by Professor Xie [1] raises the broad issue of whether mental health legislation in China needs to respond to the existing realities of the community mental health services system.Given the lack of community mental health resources in China,the burden of caring for persons with mental illnesses has traditionally been borne by families and by psychiatric hospitals.As China introduces its first national mental health legislation the concern is
