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China faces shortage of psychologists
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-09-07 13:46 Psychological services in
China are inadequate, with a shortage of trained specialists and no professional
standards, a conference has concluded.
A national psychologists convention in Shanghai estimated that 20 percent of
China's 1.3 billion people had psychological problems, the South China Morning
Post reported Monday. But there are only a few hundred professional
psychologists to cope with the problems.
In Shanghai, with a population of 17 million, including 3 million migrant
workers, there are only about 100 therapists, the report said.
Dr. Wu Heming, of the Zhongde Psychological Consulting Hospital in Wuhan,
said Chinese people face high pressure because of the lack of a social security
system, the one-child policy, and rising expectations on students and workers to
perform well.
Wu also said the Cultural Revolution had left psychological scars on an
entire generation, and that these were also affecting their children.
Shenzhen therapist Dai Yingpin said some therapists and counselors had as
little as three months' training, or none at all. She also said it was hard for
professionals to make a living as people did not understand the importance of
mental health.
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