One-to-one therapy takes place between a teenager and an internet addiction psychologist in Beijing on Sept 24, 2012. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING - A national epidemiological survey report on the prevalence of mental disorders among Chinese adults was published on the latest issue of the international journal The Lancet Psychiatry. The report shows that the prevalence of seven kinds of mental disorders including mood and anxiety disorders between 2013 and 2015 was over 1 percent higher than in 1982. Professor Huang Yueqin of the No. 6 Hospital of Peking University, who is the first writer of the report and lead researcher, said the survey offers national data and analysis for policymakers and healthcare professionals to explore and address the factors that affect mental health in China. The samples were taken from 157 representative population-based disease surveillance areas in 31 provincial regions on the Chinese mainland. Face-to-face interviews with 32,552 respondents were conducted by trained interviewers and psychiatrists. Anxiety disorders were the most common class of disorders both in the 12 months before the interview and in the respondents' lifetime, with a prevalence rate of 4.98 percent. The weighted prevalence of dementia in people aged 65 years or older was 5.6 percent. The research, supported by government authorities, involves 43 Chinese psychiatric hospitals and research institutes. cheap custom braceletscustom made bracelets for herbasketball silicone braceletscustom rubber wristbandsrubber wristbands for events
BEIJING - People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should jointly work for the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations and advance the process toward the peaceful reunification of China, a spokesperson said Wednesday.The one-China principle is the political foundation of cross-Straits relations, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, at a press conference.He stressed that realizing China's complete reunification is the shared aspiration of all Chinese people and is in the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation.Many policies and propositions raised in a Message to Taiwan Compatriots, which was issued 40 years ago, have become a reality, Ma said.The statement was issued by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the first day of 1979, proclaiming major policies and principles of the peaceful reunification of China.The meeting between leaders from across the Taiwan Strait in 2015 was a landmark that consolidated and deepened the political foundation of cross-Strait relations, Ma said.He called on people on both sides of the Strait to uphold the 1992 Consensus and oppose Taiwan independence under current situation.