INTRODUCTION There are many obstacles to developing,maintaining and strengthening international research collaborations,whether they are posed by geography,culture or,most recently,global economics and politics.It is ...INTRODUCTION There are many obstacles to developing,maintaining and strengthening international research collaborations,whether they are posed by geography,culture or,most recently,global economics and politics.It is critically important to overcome these obstacles,especially when it comes to fostering the types of breakthrough biomedical science that benefit from diverse perspectives,methodologies and data sets.Moreover,the research underlying these breakthroughs unfolds over the course of years,and even decades.For these reasons,and more,the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital(Mass General)and the Shanghai Mental Health Center(SMHC)are taking the long view:exploring and implementing numerous collaborative research and training projects that are leading to better care and treatments for patients,both in the USA and China,who suffer from a range of psychiatric disorders.展开更多
In the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) held in October 2011,China’s top legislature reviewed the draft of a new mental health law,which will institute strict conditions and procedures with regard to compulsory...In the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) held in October 2011,China’s top legislature reviewed the draft of a new mental health law,which will institute strict conditions and procedures with regard to compulsory mental treatment [1].The law was designed to protect Chinese citizens from possible abuses of compulsory psychiatric treatment and unnecessary hospitalization.The draft law stipulates that mental health展开更多
文摘INTRODUCTION There are many obstacles to developing,maintaining and strengthening international research collaborations,whether they are posed by geography,culture or,most recently,global economics and politics.It is critically important to overcome these obstacles,especially when it comes to fostering the types of breakthrough biomedical science that benefit from diverse perspectives,methodologies and data sets.Moreover,the research underlying these breakthroughs unfolds over the course of years,and even decades.For these reasons,and more,the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital(Mass General)and the Shanghai Mental Health Center(SMHC)are taking the long view:exploring and implementing numerous collaborative research and training projects that are leading to better care and treatments for patients,both in the USA and China,who suffer from a range of psychiatric disorders.
文摘In the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) held in October 2011,China’s top legislature reviewed the draft of a new mental health law,which will institute strict conditions and procedures with regard to compulsory mental treatment [1].The law was designed to protect Chinese citizens from possible abuses of compulsory psychiatric treatment and unnecessary hospitalization.The draft law stipulates that mental health
