The Luohu district mental health guidance center opened on Dec. 28, ushering the district in a new era of building its social mental service system.
The center was founded to help raise residents’ awareness around – and improvement of – citizen’s mental health, so as to accelerate the development of Luohu’s social mental service system.
The center is mainly responsible for quality control, guidance and supervision, and performance evaluation of the psychological service work made at various levels in the district. It is also in charge of popularizing mental health knowledge, organizing relevant activities, and arranging professional training for psychological services staff.
The center will also regularly collect, summarize and analyze the pilot work of building the district’s social psychological service system, and provide references for government departments to guide decisions and policies.
Covering an area of about 500 square meters, the center has 14 functional rooms, including a one-way glass observation and teaching classroom, a music therapy room with hundreds kinds of musical instruments, as well as special family treatment rooms, individual treatment rooms and sand table game treatment rooms, among others.
At present, the center has a total of 64 professionals, including eight psychiatrists, four psychotherapists, one music therapist, three psychological consultants, one physical therapist, one public health physician, and 46 community workers. Among them, there is one professor, one doctorate-degree holder and eight master’s-degree holders.
According to the Luohu Public Health Bureau, the establishment of the center demonstrates great support of the district government and Luohu Mental Health Center for constructing Luohu’s social psychological service system.
The center will integrate outpatient consultation, talent training and professional guidance, play the role of a radiation center in spreading mental health knowledge, strive to improve mental health services in the district, and promote the innovative development of relevant work.