An Overview of Mental Health Policy in Hong Kong

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Mental health services in Hong Kong are criticized so much and are viewed to be inefficient compared to other Asian countries like Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. People in Hong Kong suffer different types of mental disorders like anxiety disorders, personality disorders and depressive disorders. Due to the prevalence of these mental disorders, there have been several mental health policies to help to curb this problem, since the colonial rule and also during the Chinese sovereignty, and the main aim of these policies is to warrant special attention to the people affected.

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[...] There should be the availability of fitness for work statements provided by the doctors and psychiatrists. B. Work-placement Schemes Lack of work placement in the Mental Health Policy in Hong Kong is also among the things that have made the policy not to be up to the expected standards (Ho et al, 2016). There have been no proper mechanisms to help people with mental illness to find work. This is different from being taken into the work one was initially doing. [...]

[...] Back-to-work Schemes In as much as The Mental Policy has brought some sanity in Hong Kong, it is not to the expected standards. It cannot be said that the policies fully to the advantage of the people who have mental disorders or the people around them. For instance, there is an absence of back-to-work schemes for people with mental illness (Samson, 2016). There are no proper government schemes across the city to help people with mental problems. People who have had mental challenges have always experienced difficulties in being taken in the same job. [...]

[...] Equipping the people with necessary skills can help these people get jobs with different companies and government organizations. Suggestions To make the mental health policy more effective and convenient the government needs to come with vocational and training institutions all across the city. This is because mentally ill people are almost evenly distributed across the city. The facilities need to be enough since the rate of mental illness in Hong Kong has always increased since the year 2001 (Ho et al, 2016). [...]

[...] An Overview of Mental Health Policy in Hong Kong I. An Overview of Mental Health Policy in Hong Kong Mental health services in Hong Kong are criticized so much and are viewed to be inefficient compared to other Asian countries like Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. People in Hong Kong suffer different types of mental disorders like anxiety disorders, personality disorders and depressive disorders. Due to the prevalence of these mental disorders, there have been several mental health policies to help to curb this problem, since the colonial rule and also during the Chinese sovereignty, and the main aim of these policies is to warrant special attention to the people affected. [...]

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