China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Xia Jin
On July 29, the website of the National Health and Health Commission released the “Notice of the National Health and Health Commission on the Establishment of the National Medical Center for Mental Illness”, which decided to set up the National Medical Center for Mental Illness in Beijing, Shanghai and Hunan Province. Peking University Sixth Hospital (hereinafter referred to as “Peking University Sixth Hospital”) is designated as one of the main hospitals of the National Mental Illness Medical Center. Lu Lin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of the Sixth Academy of Peking University, said that the establishment of the National Medical Center for Mental Illness “has great historical and practical significance for the development of my country’s mental health undertakings.”
In an exclusive interview with a reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily, Lu Lin said, “my country’s mental health discipline started relatively late. Although in the past ten years, under the great attention of the state and the active promotion of various departments, the people’s awareness of spiritual The awareness of mental health has gradually improved, and my country’s mental health undertaking has developed rapidly, but there is still a certain gap compared with countries in the world that have developed psychiatry earlier.”
He pointed out that the current problems in my country’s mental health undertakings are that the burden of mental disorders continues to increase, the distribution of mental health resources is uneven, and the prevention and treatment of mental disorders faces many difficulties. Therefore, Lu Lin believes that the establishment of the National Medical Center for Mental Illness is of great significance. “It can drive the construction and development of the national mental disease field through the multi-center collaborative working mechanism, improve the design of the mental health service system at the top level, optimize the regional distribution of mental health care resources, and give full play to the The National Mental Illness Center’s management demonstration and technical radiation effects in medical management, talent training, technology transformation and other aspects have effectively improved the medical service and discipline level of psychiatry in my country.”
The reason why Peking University Sixth Hospital was designated as one of the main hospitals of the National Mental Illness Medical Center is also because of its excellent basic conditions. Lu Lin introduced to reporters that the Sixth Hospital of Peking University is the only third-level psychiatric specialist hospital under the management of the National Health Commission. and foreign exchanges. At the same time, Peking University No. 6 Hospital is also the National Clinical Research Center for Mental and Mental Diseases. It has the only National Key Laboratory of Mental Hygiene of the National Health and Health Commission in the country. The training base is one of the first batch of national clinical key specialized hospitals. In addition, the Sixth Institute of Peking University also has an excellent team of talents.
Being approved as the main hospital of the National Mental Illness Medical Center is also of great significance to the Sixth Hospital of Peking University. Lu Lin believes that this approval is an affirmation by the National Health and Health Commission of the past work ability and achievements of the Sixth Hospital of Peking University, and an important opportunity for the Sixth Hospital of Peking University to improve the level of mental illness diagnosis and treatment services. With the support of national, provincial and municipal policies, personnel and funds, the Sixth Hospital of Peking University will further leverage the advantages of psychiatry disciplines and sub-disciplines, improve the level of mental illness diagnosis and treatment, and narrow or even catch up with the world-class gap. In addition, the sixth hospital of Peking University will continue to play a leading and radiating role, and is committed to improving the balanced development of mental medicine and health in my country. In the future, the Sixth Hospital of Peking University will rely on the functional positioning of the National Center for Psychiatry, and cooperate with the National Center for Psychiatry to build a nationwide and regionally coordinated mental disease prevention and control system, and is committed to the realization of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment of mental diseases and the combination of online and offline clinical practice. The promotion of diagnosis and treatment technology and the homogenization of psychiatric talents.