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The China Mental Health Survey (CMHS): I. background, aims and measures

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The China Mental Health Survey (CMHS) is the first nationally representative community survey on mental disorders and mental health services in China. One-step diagnoses for mood disorders, anxiety disorders and substance use disorders were obtained using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview-3.0 (CIDI-3.0), according to the criteria and definition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). A two-step procedure was applied for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, using psychosis screening section in CIDI-3.0 as a screening instrument and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders (SCID) as a diagnostic tool. Dementia was diagnosed by the 10/66 dementia diagnosis package in a two-step design. The main aims of the CMHS were: (1) to investigate the prevalence of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and dementia; (2) to obtain data of service use of individuals with mental disorders in China; and (3) to analyse the social and psychological risk factors or correlates of mental disorders and mental health services. This paper presents a brief review of the background of the CMHS, its aims and measures.

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The China Mental Health Survey (CMHS) is funded by the National “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” for Science & Technology Support of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant 2012BAI01B01 and 2015BAI13B00) and the Special Research Project for Non-profit Public Service of Ministry of Health (Grant 201202022). We would like to thank Professor Yude Chen and other consultants for their instructions and contributions through the whole process of CMHS. We sincerely acknowledge the support provided by all 31 partnership institutions; including Brains hospital of Hunan Province, Changchun City Mental Hospital, Changde Recovery Hospital of Hunan Province, Chifeng Anding Hospital, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Guangdong Mental Health Centre, Guizhou Second People’s Hospital, Hainan Provincial Anning Hospital, Hangzhou Seventh People’s Hospital, Hengyang Mental Health Centre of Hunan Province, Huzhou Third People’s Hospital, Jiangxi Mental Health Centre, Jingzhou Mental Health Centre of Hubei Province, Luoyang Rongkang Hospital of Henan Province, Mental Health Centre of Wuhan City, Mental Health Centre of Xi’an City, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Ningxia Minkang Hospital, Shandong Mental Health Centre, Shenyang 242 Hospital, Suzhou Guangji Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, the First Specialized Subject Hospital of Harbin, the People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Third People’s Hospital of Panzhihua City, Third People’s Hospital of Qinghai Province, Tianshui Mental Hospital of Gansu Province, Wuxi Mental Health Centre, Yuxi Second People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province and Zigong Mental Health Centre. We also thank Dr. William A Jefferson from the Chinese Academy of Science for help with English grammar in our manuscript.

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Huang, Y., Liu, Z., Wang, H. et al. The China Mental Health Survey (CMHS): I. background, aims and measures. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 51, 1559–1569 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1270-z

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