Project addresses adolescent mental health issues
2 years, 11 months ago

Project addresses adolescent mental health issues

China Daily  

BEIJING－Hundreds of thousands of adolescents in China have benefited from a mental health service project co-initiated by the United Nations Children's Fund and the National Health Commission of China. Under this project, a service package has been delivered to trained counselors and teachers, to better guide them on how to tackle adolescent mental health issues. "Mental health issues not only refer to severe diseases like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but can also be embodied by the common problems in daily life, which must be taken seriously," says Zheng Yi, a chief physician with the Beijing Anding Hospital of Capital Medical University. "I have acquired the techniques of how to deal with adolescent mental health issues via the project.

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Let's listen to children on mental health
Top News
1 month ago

Let's listen to children on mental health

China Daily  

Today is World Children's Day. Globally, more than 13 percent of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 are living with a diagnosed mental health condition, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF. This year's World Children's Day campaign, "Listen to Every Child's Voice, Light up Their Future", led by UNICEF along with the Ministry of Education, highlights the …

Let's listen to children on mental health
Top News
1 month ago

Let's listen to children on mental health

China Daily  

Today is World Children's Day. Globally, more than 13 percent of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 are living with a diagnosed mental health condition, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF. This year's World Children's Day campaign, "Listen to Every Child's Voice, Light up Their Future", led by UNICEF along with the Ministry of Education, highlights the …

Let's listen to children on mental health
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1 month ago

Let's listen to children on mental health

China Daily  

Today is World Children's Day. In China, this year's theme is an issue of growing concern: mental health of children and adolescents. UNICEF defines mental health conditions as a range of conditions, including anxiety and depression, that affect a child's thoughts, emotions or behaviour, and can interfere with their ability to learn and function at school, at home, and in …

Let's listen to children on mental health
1 month ago

Let's listen to children on mental health

China Daily  

Today is World Children's Day. Globally, more than 13 percent of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 are living with a diagnosed mental health condition, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF. This year's World Children's Day campaign, "Listen to Every Child's Voice, Light up Their Future", led by UNICEF along with the Ministry of Education, highlights the …

Support boosted for depressed adolescents
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Support boosted for depressed adolescents

China Daily  

Students play games in groups to learn about mental health at a primary school in Beijing. DU LIANYI/CHINA DAILY Age old problem The number of depression cases increases as children progress through school, according to research on the annual evolution of adolescent mental health status from 2009 to 2020 contained in the 2020 Blue Book of Mental Health in China. …

China aims to promote student mental health via educational campaign
7 months, 1 week ago

China aims to promote student mental health via educational campaign

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China has launched a nationwide campaign to promote awareness and education concerning the mental health of students. The circular requires local education authorities to organize tailored mental health education and guidance initiatives for children and students at different stages of education. Special attention should be paid to the mental health of left-behind children in rural areas whose parents …

Committee calls for action on adolescents' mental health
1 year ago

Committee calls for action on adolescents' mental health

China Daily  

Mounting pressures leading to more psychological issues for young people New techniques and multidisciplinary measures should be applied to intervention in adolescents' mental health, an expert said in response to the grim psychological issues affecting students in China. Qiao Zhihong, secretary-general of the recently established National Advisory Committee for Students' Mental Health, said key factors affecting adolescents' mental health include …

Committee calls for action on adolescents' mental health
1 year ago

Committee calls for action on adolescents' mental health

China Daily  

Mounting pressures leading to more psychological issues for young people New techniques and multidisciplinary measures should be applied to intervention in adolescents' mental health, an expert said in response to the grim psychological issues affecting students in China. Qiao Zhihong, secretary-general of the recently established National Advisory Committee for Students' Mental Health, said key factors affecting adolescents' mental health include …

School and community facilities help to promote kids' mental health
1 year, 2 months ago

School and community facilities help to promote kids' mental health

China Daily  

China has strengthened the provision of psychological services for children and adolescents on campuses and in communities in recent years to promote the mental health of juveniles, a health official said on Monday. Li Dachuan, deputy director of the National Health Commission's Department of Medical Administration, said a national drive that started in 2018 has seen about 96 percent of …

Steps taken to address youth mental health
1 year, 6 months ago

Steps taken to address youth mental health

China Daily  

Sun Fang, a psychology teacher and counselor at a high school in Hubei province, interacts with students in class. The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League has offered professional psychological counseling services to young people across the nation to help ease day-today stress and guarantee sound physical and psychological development. The committee said that most of the demands from …

Concerned about your kid’s mental health? How to talk to them
3 years ago

Concerned about your kid’s mental health? How to talk to them

LA Times  

It’s important to talk to children about mental health and show positive ways to deal with stress, anxiety and heartache. “We also know that, too often, young people are bombarded with messages through the media and popular culture that erode their sense of self-worth — telling them they are not good-looking enough, popular enough, smart enough, or rich enough,” the …

Depression included in health checks of students
3 years, 1 month ago

Depression included in health checks of students

China Daily  

China will include screening for depression in students' regular health checks to prevent psychological issues among them, the Ministry of Education said. In response to a proposal on preventing depression among students made this year by a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the ministry said a record of students' mental health will be …

Depression included in health checks of students
3 years, 1 month ago

Depression included in health checks of students

China Daily  

Sun Fang, a psychology teacher and counselor at a high school in Hubei province, gives a lecture. China will include screening for depression in students' regular health checks to prevent psychological issues among them, the Ministry of Education said. In response to a proposal on preventing depression among students made this year by a member of the National Committee of …

Depression included in health checks of students
3 years, 1 month ago

Depression included in health checks of students

China Daily  

China will include screening for depression in students' regular health checks to prevent psychological issues among them, the Ministry of Education said. In response to a proposal on preventing depression among students made this year by a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the ministry said a record of students' mental health will be …

Girls suffer stark drop in mental wellbeing during teen years, study finds
3 years, 10 months ago

Girls suffer stark drop in mental wellbeing during teen years, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The government has provided extra academic support for pupils but there is now a compelling case …

In post-lockdown China, schools grapple with sudden jump in student suicides
4 years, 6 months ago

In post-lockdown China, schools grapple with sudden jump in student suicides

Deccan Chronicle  

Shanghai: Some Chinese students returning to school after lockdown are grappling with familial conflict while others are stressing over how coronavirus disruptions have affected their academic performance, teachers and school counsellors say. “There have been some heartbreaking incidents as schools reopened,” Yan Wu, vice mayor of the southern city of Zhuhai, said at China’s annual parliamentary meeting last month. One …

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