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The Silent Tragedy of China's Mentally Ill - By Wan Yanhai

One of the country's leading activists and health advocates explains the tragic irony of mental health in China today: Many who need treatment won't get it, while many who don't are forced into treatment to silence political dissent.

BY WAN YANHAI | JANUARY 26, 2011


One of the country's leading activists and health advocates explains the tragic irony of mental health in China today: Many who need treatment won't get it, while many who don't are forced into treatment to silence political dissent.

According to a 2009 article in the British medical journal The Lancet, as many as 17.5 percent of China's adult population may suffer from some kind of mental illness. Yet mental health remains a vexing, and in some cases taboo, topic in China. 

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The Silent Tragedy of China's Mentally Ill - By Wan Yanhai

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