Marriage and Family Therapy in the People's Republic of China: Current Issues and Challenges

Family functioning and depression in primary caregivers of stroke patients in China

“…In the last decade, the research and practice of family therapy has undergone rapid development. [35][36] . By improving family functioning, we can significantly aid in efforts to provide Chinese patients and their caregivers effective treatment for depression.…”

Up Close: Family Therapy Challenges and Innovations Around the World

“…Marriage and family therapy is a fledgling profession in China. It is limited to mostly urban areas, accessible mostly to the middle class and those currently connected with university settings (Miller & Fang, ). It first emerged in the field of psychiatry in the mid 1980s, and the Chinese psychology community officially embraced it when the first family therapy course for psychology graduate students was mounted in the mid 1990s (Deng, Lin, Lan, & Fang, ).…”

“…Postmodern approaches, particularly narrative therapy and solution‐focused brief therapy, accounted for one‐third of the publications since 2007. This is a noteworthy development given the common assumptions and generalizations about the help‐seeking behaviors, expectations, and emotional expressions of Chinese families in family therapy (Deng et al., ; Liu et al., ; Ma, ; Miller & Fang, ). Are the Chinese people becoming more open to the socially constructed ‘truths’ in life?…”

Market Opportunity and Policy Support for Chinese Old Aging Industry: An Application of Text Mining

“…In 30 years, most families in cities have only one child. A few years later, the children from single-child parents will face what is known as the "4-2-1" phenomenon (when the child grows up to working age, he or she must have to care for two parents and four grandparents in retirement [5]. These middle-aged men have been bearing a tremendous burden.…”