Integrated mental health services in China challenges and planning for the future

• Published in: Health policy and planning Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 107 - 122
• Main Authors: Liang, Di, Mays, Vickie M, Hwang, Wei-Chin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.01.2018; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Access; Ambition; Care delivery; China; Commitment; Community mental health services; Community services; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - trends; Government agencies; Health care; Health insurance; Health needs; Health Planning; Health policy; Health services; Health status; Hospitalization; Humans; Illnesses; Integrated care; Interdisciplinary aspects; Mental Disorders; Mental health; Mental health care; Mental health policy; Mental Health Services - organization & administration; Physical training; Policy making; Primary care; Primary Health Care - organization & administration; Professional development; Quality control; Quality management; REVIEWS; Stigma; Subpopulations; Workforce; China; China; Integrated care; mental health services

Eager to build an integrated community-based mental health system, in 2004 China started the ‘686 Programme’, whose purpose was to integrate hospital and community services for patients with serious mental illness. In 2015, the National Mental Health Working Plan (2015–2020) proposed an ambitious st...