If you want to see a doctor in China, there is probably a problem that needs to be clarified first, such as China's depression and other similar psychological diseases that need talk therapy. They adopt the way of separating psychiatry from psychological counseling, and the hospital prescribes drugs, and the dialogue psychological counseling needs to go to a special psychological counseling institution.
How to receive psychological counseling
If you feel depressed, please search psychological counseling agency in Baidu. Most of them come from official accounts of official website and WeChat. Click here to make an appointment for psychological consultation directly. After making an appointment, you need to add your own appointment assistant and make an appointment for consultation at the right time.
You need to fill in the form carefully. I suggest you think about your future time allocation when you do this step, so that it can be more in line with your life and work plan. After filling out the form, the reservation assistant will make an appointment for you. If there is an administrative application for extra examination time due to depression, or if you are suspended from school due to depression and temporarily unable to work, you must have a certificate from the psychological counseling department of the hospital.
It is generally difficult to find a psychological counseling department in a hospital. Generally, they will also suggest authoritative psychological counseling institutions. It seems that every hospital is different. I can't remember which doctor was in my previous hospital. The psychological counseling department of the hospital is not so much a terminal as a transit station. The goal is to help you find a stable one that can alleviate your suicidal mood as soon as possible, rather than providing you with a complete counseling course in the hospital. This must be paid attention to.
What I used to do in China was to go to the top Swire psychological counseling institution. Because I consulted abroad, I don't remember whether Taikoo Psychology diagnosed me at first. At each stage, the emotional changes and cognitive improvement you feel will be obvious.
About taking medicine
When you get to the hospital, the basic thing to "use" is to prescribe medicine. I used to worry about whether taking medicine would particularly affect my health. According to the regulations of China, if there is no change after 17, you can prescribe drugs for four weeks at a time. Too many can't be opened. After the prescription is finished, you can take it to the drugstore to get the medicine. Just pay the prescription fee.
You can only prescribe medicine for four weeks at a time, which is equivalent to forcing you to visit again once a month. This is definitely good for stabilizing medical care. It doesn't matter if you don't have to see the same doctor every time. Of course, seeing the same doctor every time can be more stable.
About receiving psychological counseling in a special psychological counseling center
I received psychological counseling in Taikoo for nearly two years. Their process is like this: first take the referral, and then accept the online appointment. After the consultation, the consulting assistant will ask you to fill in the information, and they will arrange a suitable consultant for you. During the consultation, they will come up with a plan (they won't show it to you) and will continue to complete the whole course of treatment for you. This means that you have to say something unpleasant ... but this is a process that all "international institutions" have to face, and it should be regarded as an international standard process, which is different from the situation where I directly let you choose consultants in China.
The frequency can reach about once or twice a week. I go once a week.
I once had severe depression. Because of the characteristics of swire psychology, their efficiency was relatively low. There was a feeling that "because there are many professional consultants making appointments, you can't force consultants to accommodate your time". . . But you can rest assured that you will hardly meet unqualified consultants. In this respect, international institutions are much stricter than domestic local institutions.
The psychological consultation mentioned above is actually psychotherapy. Psychological counseling should be a distinctive statement in China, because non-doctors are not allowed to claim that they have therapeutic ability, so they can only be called counseling. In fact, English is talk therapy and therapy, talk therapist and therapist. Just as Swire Psychology also provides psychotherapy, it does not prevent the therapist who works in it from being a doctor. They don't need to be doctors, but they need professional certificates in psychology.
If you have suicidal thoughts, please consult the local suicide intervention hotline and intervene in time.
I wish you all the best and have a better ending than me. .