title: [Contemporary aspects of psychiatry in Communist China].
abstract: Psychiatry in Communist China is at a delicate phase where it is drawn both to modern Western medicine and to the wealth of traditional medicine. This is conveyed through accounts of some present-day situations as seen by the author during stays in Peking and Shanghai. After the treatment provided in various hospitals for acute-care and chronic-care patients is described, we are introduced to the organization of mental health at the various levels of hospital and external structures. A general survey of the research being done in epidemiology, neurology and traditional medicine at the Peking Research Centre is also presented. The novel nosography reveals one particular entity: phasophrenia, described as a stereotyped and recurring acute psychotic episode that responds poorly to neuroleptic chemotherapy. Finally, the medico-legal aspects of psychiatry and the effects of the new birth-rate policy are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier, Malartic, Quebec.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stip
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000639:trends; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D011640:Public Policy
vernacular_title: Aspects contemporains de la psychiatrie en Chine Populaire.