Status analysis of psychological service in mental health institutions of Hubei Province

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-6574.2015.04.017

Abstract：Objective To understand the development of psychological service in mental health in‐stitutions of Hubei Province ,and provide evidences for enacting appropriate policy .Methods A sampling survey of psychological service at mental health institutions of Hubei Province was made by the self -made questionnaire .Results More than 80% of mental health institutions had developed the psychological counseling and treatment services .The outpatient's amount was less than or equal to 150 times/month in 54 .1% of mental health institutions ,the outpatient's amount was less than or equal to 1000 times/year in 39 .3% of mental health institutions ,the psychological department that only had less than or equal to 30 beds ,accounted for 34 .8% of mental health institutions ,and 37 .0% of institutions'discharged pa‐tients were less than or equal to 250 times/year .The major of educational degree of psychiatrists and psychologists was bachelor degree (40 .9% ) , and the major of title was intermediate certificate (36.9% ) ,the working experience mainly was less than 5 years (32 .4% ) .The average hospital days of mental health institutions was 42 .6 days .The top 5 diseases in psychological department respectively were de‐pression ,anxiety ,schizophrenia ,bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder .Conclusions At pres‐ent ,the mental health needs of Hubei Province is great .However ,the psychological departments are lack of human resources and service ability ;the distribution of mental health resources is imbalance;and the quality of the people working on psychological department is low .Therefore ,we should provide tar‐geted support to improve .