Prevalence of mental disorders in China – Author's reply

Huang, Yueqin

doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30177-4

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“…Results of the first-ever nationwide study of China's mental health showed that the most common mental disorders in China between 2013 and 2015 were anxiety disorders with a weighted prevalence of 5.0%. Weighted 12-months prevalence of depressive disorders and major depressive disorder were 3.6 and 2.1%, respectively (Huang, 2019). The findings of this survey also suggested that the prevalences of most mental disorders such as depression and anxiety increased, thereby posing considerable challenges to health-care professionals.…”

Section: Psychotherapy For Depressive and Anxiety Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 71%

Chinese Taoist Cognitive Therapy for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Adults in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Background: Chinese Taoist cognitive therapy (CTCT), a culture-oriented psychological therapy for Chinese mental well-being, has been proposed for decades. However, the evidence for its effects is unclear. This study aimed to systematically assess the effect of this therapy on symptoms of depression and anxiety in Chinese adults.Methods: Relevant studies were searched from major electronic databases through November 2018 without language limits. Several search terms used include "anxiety" OR "depression" AND "Taoism" OR "Daoism" OR "Chinese Taoist Cognitive Therapy." A total of 11 clinical trials focusing on CTCT were included in this meta-analysis. Random-effects meta-analytical models were conducted. Heterogeneity and publication bias were also explored.Results: Eight clinical trials for 580 subjects were included. The majority of these studies explored samples with depressive symptoms. Overall, CTCT significantly reduced depressive symptoms with a small positive effect (SMD = 0.16, 95% CI: −0.36-0.68). Medium-to-large effect sizes were observed across individuals with clinical or non-clinical depression and chronic physical diseases (SMD = 0.70, 95%CI: 0.27-1.13 and SMD = 0.72, 95%CI: 0.09-1.35, respectively). However, the effectiveness for anxiety symptoms remains debatable. Conclusions:Our findings hold promise that CTCT can help reduce depressive symptoms in Chinese adults, including patients with chronic physical diseases and clinical or non-clinical depression. Our findings may be generalized to Chinese communities in other countries.

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Section: Psychotherapy For Depressive and Anxiety Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 71%

Chinese Taoist Cognitive Therapy for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Adults in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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“…Our research came to the same conclusion. During the second round of the outbreak in China in January 2021, the incidence of depression among Chinese people reached 38.9%, much higher than 6.9% under normal circumstances [ 52 ].…”

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“…PSM achieved the random allocation effect by matching the samples of the treatment group and the control group one by one, so as to control the interference of the self-selection mechanism caused by observable variables [ 51 ]. By controlling the propensity value, we can ‘approximately’ satisfy the non-confusion assumption in the framework of counterfactual statistics to make causal inferences [ 52 ]. The basic process of PSM was according to observable confusion variables, in which PSM estimates the probability of each sample entering the processing group by Logit model and obtains its propensity score.…”

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Group Differences: The Relationship between Social Media Use and Depression during the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China

Zheng

Liu

Yang

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The outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 2019 triggered more psychological problems than usual among the public. During this epidemic, the use of social media was very high, and several studies confirmed a positive correlation between social media use and people’s psychological problems. The Chinese government has subsequently implemented a series of policies concerning the social media environment to tackle this “infodemic”. After the containment of the first COVID-19 outbreak, China saw a new wave of COVID-19 cases in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province in January 2021. How the optimized social media could have impacted public mental health remained to be revealed. Our research data come from an online survey of Chinese residents during the regional epidemic in Shijiazhuang, with a total of 904 valid samples from 18 different provinces in China. The results showed that this new round of outbreaks caused a high incidence of depression (38.9%) among the public. Compared with relatively advantaged groups, disadvantaged groups have a higher depression. Attributed to the optimization of the social media environment, the prevalence of social media use during the epidemic helped to markedly mitigate anxieties from depression. This is particularly demonstrated in vulnerable groups. We found, for the first time, a change in the relationship between social media use and resident depression, and more importantly, a stronger correlation between social media use and depression in relatively disadvantaged groups. Therefore, during the epidemic, actively optimizing the social media environment has a significant and positive effect on the mental health of residents, especially vulnerable groups.

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“…So far, there are much literature has researched the mental disorder in China [10][11][12]. Mental health and its in uencing factors among immigrants with chronic diseases in China has been reported [13].…”

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Residents' Cognition and Knowledge Demand of Mental Disorders: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Shandong, China

Lyu

Song²,

Zhang

et al. 2022

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Background There is little literature reported the public resident’s cognition and knowledge demand of mental disorders in China. This study aimed to investigate the residents' cognition and knowledge demand for mental disorders in Shandong China, so as to provide reference for promoting the social publicity and education of mental disorders. Methods A population-based cross-sectional study (N = 1302) on cognition and knowledge demand of mental disorders was carried out in Shandong, China. The adult residents (≥ 18 years old) were selected from Weifang, Linyi, Taian, Qingdao, Zibo and Rizhao City of Shandong Province by stratified random sampling from October 2021 to March 2022. The cognition status and knowledge demand of mental disorder questionnaire designed by us was used to investigate. or M (Q) were used to describe quantitative data, n (%) was used to describe the qualitative data and the Chi-square method was adopted to compare the differences of qualitative data. Results There were 51.69% males and 48.31% females. Most of residents were insufficient cognition of mental disorders. 26.88% of the sample knew the disease burden of mental disorders. 31.49% of the residents knew the World Mental Health Day. The correct rate of residents' answers to mental disorders was unsatisfactory. Residents were less familiar with the related policies to mental disorders. There were 60.75% of the residents needs the knowledge of mental health. Conclusion The residents’ cognition of mental disorders, the policies and regulations of mental disorders are relatively lacking in Shandong China. Knowledge demands of mental disorders are urgent in Shandong China. It is necessary to strengthen the propaganda and education to residents so as to improve their literacy on mental health.

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Prevalence of mental disorders in China – Author's reply

Cited by 22 publications

References 5 publications

Chinese Taoist Cognitive Therapy for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Adults in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chinese Taoist Cognitive Therapy for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Adults in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Group Differences: The Relationship between Social Media Use and Depression during the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China

Residents' Cognition and Knowledge Demand of Mental Disorders: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Shandong, China

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