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Based on a study in Chengdu in China for families with persons suffering from schizophrenia, this book examines how psychoeducational family intervention can be developed in rural areas. Detailed guidelines for effective family interventions, community mental health services, and social welfare and mental health policy are described. It is hoped that these suggestions may be incorporated into the existing mental health care system for the benefit all people with mental disorders in rural China.

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This is a well-written, well-investigated and important work. It has implications for promoting change in a system that too often neglects the patients with mental illness and their families. The book is filled with respect for the clinicians, patients a

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Mao-Sheng Ran, an experienced social psychiatrist, is a Research Associate in the Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Hong Kong. Meng-Ze Xiang is a Professor of Psychiatry in West China Medical School of Sichuan University. Peggy Simpson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing Studies, University of Hong Kong. Cecilia Lai-wan Chan is a Professor of Social Work and the Director of Behavioral Health, University of Hong Kong.

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