title: Adolescent mental health in China.
abstract: Adolescent Mental Health in China is the responsibility of the wider society and is supported by social, educational and health care resources. With limited facilities, China emphasizes community mental health care, with prevention and health promotion as priorities. Mental health is considered in the context of an orderly socialist society with stable family life supported by the state. Society is currently influenced by a mixture of Communist ideology, ancient tradition and newer Western approaches. Difficulties in reconciling these factors are affecting the attitudes and behaviour of China's youth.
authors.affiliation: Riverside Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Westminster Children's Hospital, London, U.K.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: McClure
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002681:China; D004493:Education; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012945:Social Values