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Antidepressant use in China on the rise
The Guardian 11/20/13
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Although China does not publicize official statistics on mental health, most evidence suggests that
its depression rate is on the rise, and a 2012 report by the market data company Research and Select Category
Markets estimated that there may be more than 30 million people living with depression in China.
Contemporary China is a psychologically taxing place— as living standards improve, social Select Monthly Archives
competition has become fierce; for many, buying an apartment, finding a spouse, and supporting a
family feel like insurmountable tasks. Awareness of depression, once stigmatized as a mark of
weakness, is rising. Depressionrelated websites are proliferating in China, and antidepressant
sales have risen sharply. Yet according to experts, the country's public health system is struggling
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to keep up with the demand. "Looking at the international incidence of the disorder— the
percentage of people who have depression worldwide—China has very, very few psychiatrists,"
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prohibitively expensive, Jian said, so they turn to eastern remedies such as acupuncture and herbs, Reserach
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