China News Service, Zhengzhou, March 2 (Wang Yu) On the eve of the National People's Congress in 2024, Chen Peili, a representative of the National People's Congress and director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the First People's Hospital of Shangqiu City, Henan Province, said in an interview that she hopes that my country will establish a psychiatric specialty alliance as soon as possible Information platform allows high-quality medical resources to be shared and amplified.
The picture shows Chen Peili, deputy to the National People's Congress and director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the First People's Hospital of Shangqiu City, Henan Province.
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Chen Peili introduced that according to epidemiological surveys, the number of patients with psychological problems and mental illnesses in our country exceeds 100 million, and only 8% of them have sought professional help.
During her research, Chen Peili found that although there are currently a large number of patients with psychological problems and mental illnesses, there are not many practicing psychiatrists. Especially in primary medical institutions, the construction of mental health teams lags behind, lacks formal training, and the quality is mixed.
“In recent years, grassroots efforts have been made to increase the number of psychiatric practitioners through university enrollment expansion and transfer training, but the results have been minimal,” Chen Peili said.
She also found that many general hospitals currently do not pay enough attention to psychiatry, and some are even worried that the development of psychiatry will burden hospital management.
The low recognition of mental disorders by non-psychiatrists leads to misdiagnosis, missed diagnosis, repeated visits and repeated hospitalizations of patients with mental and psychological problems in various departments, and a large amount of medical resources are wasted.
To this end, Chen Peili suggested that on the one hand, relevant functional departments should formulate clear mental health policies to ensure that the government attaches great importance to mental health issues and allocate sufficient financial budgets to support mental health services; on the other hand, they should learn from the psychiatric regulations and training of advanced countries. System, train practicing doctors to achieve a homogeneous level, so that those who have transferred to other positions are truly capable of engaging in psychiatric work.
Psychological counseling is a process of dialogue, exploration and problem-solving with a professional counselor one-on-one or in a group.
During her research, Chen Peili found that the current charging prices for psychological consultation and psychotherapy programs in many domestic general hospitals are unreasonable, and they are still using the charging standards of public hospitals decades ago.
"Reasonable pricing is the prerequisite for the development of psychological consultation and psychotherapy. Charging prices should not be the reason that restricts the development of psychiatric disciplines." Chen Peili suggested that on the basis of medical insurance participation, hospitals are encouraged to formulate reasonable plans for psychological consultation and psychotherapy and other projects. charging standards.
In response to the current low level of informatization in the psychiatric and psychological fields, Chen Peili suggested that the resources of various specialized hospitals can be integrated to form a large medical network, and a psychiatric specialized alliance information platform should be established as soon as possible to use information technology to conduct remote diagnosis of mental patients. , consultation, consultation and teaching, allowing high-quality medical resources to be shared and amplified, and providing services and support to more grassroots hospitals.
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