Workforce situation of the Chinese mental health care system: results from a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-quality mental health services can improve outcomes for people with mental health problems and abate the burden of mental disorders. We sought to identify the challenges the country's mental health system currently faces and the human resource situation related to psychological services and to provide recommendations on how the mental health workforce situation could be addressed in China.

Methods

This study used a cross-sectional survey design. A web-based questionnaire approach and a convenience sampling method were adopted. It was carried out from September 2020 to January 2021 in China, and we finally included 3824 participants in the analysis. Descriptive statistical analysis of the characteristics of the study sample was performed. The risk factors for

SUBMITTER: Yue JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9394058 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature