Overview of Hotline Counseling of Mental Health in Shanghai from 1990 to 2000 / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To sum up characteristics of hotline counseling about mental health problems in Shanghai. Method: All records of hotline counseling from 1990 to 2000 were input into computer. Retrospective analysis was done. Results: In the past 10 years, the main issues in hotline counseling were associated with love affairs (18.1%), emotional troubles (15.8%), psychosis (11.3%), and interpersonal relationship (8.1%), which were also related to the help-seekers background, such as gender, age, education levels, occupation and marriage status.