Vocational rehabilitation for persons with mental illness in the People's Republic of China.
This paper is an attempt to describe the vocational rehabilitation services of persons with mental illness in China. It includes work therapy station, mental health services in factories, occupational activities in hospitals, welfare factories, and enterprise based sheltered workshops. Its dilemmas and implications to future development are also mentioned.
Yip
Kam-shing
KS
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ssksyip@polyu.edu.hk
D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008605:Mental Health Services; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*