Chinese Psychiatry Quiz

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Question 1

According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Mental Health, more than 99 percent of

Chinese towns and cities lack a psychiatric institution.
people in China treated for mental illnesses do not have a legal guardian.
Chinese dissidents are jailed for being mentally ill.
Chinese government officials have been screened for mental illness.

Question 2

The advocacy group Chinese Human Rights Defenders reports that

individuals are being confined to mental hospitals in China just because they criticize the Chinese government.
people who are mentally ill suffer psychiatric abuses.
hospital staff often disregard the express wishes of patients who have been admitted against their will.
All of the above

Question 3

China’s Mental Health Law

has been debated for a quarter century but not passed.
has been in force for over 25 years but not enforced.
was replaced by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
privatized the management of some psychiatric institutions.

Question 4

The mental health system in China

divides the different kinds of mental illness into countless categories.
has been approved by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
often restricts patients’ access to their relatives or legal counsel.
is run entirely by the Chinese government.

Question 5

Which of the following is an allegation made by the Chinese Human Rights Defenders?

China’s mental institutions are refusing to admit patients brought to them by the police.
Too much money is being spent on the treatment of mental illness that basic health care is being neglected.
Chinese officials are monopolizing mental health care for their relatives and those with political connections.
Some individuals who have no mental illness at all are being held against their will in psychiatric hospitals.

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