It stands to reason that centralized management should of course be in the health-related departments. Now we can basically see that many notices and norms are led by the Health and Health Commission. If there is such an industry, its general orientation should be in the category of health publicity and education. You can also refer to the orientation of school psychological consultation and counseling, which is a branch of the great ideological and political education. Specifically, it is mental health education and publicity.
At least at this stage, the official function of psychological counseling is to popularize mental health knowledge to the public. Those who intervened in the treatment stayed in the hospital. The problem now is that hospitals are unwilling and unable to carry out psychological counseling that can meet the needs of the public. There are two kinds of people in the hospital who can have psychological counseling. One is a psychologist who is interested in psychological consultation, which is equivalent to his sideline. The other is nurses who are interested in psychological counseling and dissatisfied with their jobs or doctors in other industries. At least the hospital doesn't have this will now, and it hasn't invested a lot of resources to train a group of medical staff who specialize in psychological counseling.
There are also people who specialize in mental health work under the Civil Affairs Bureau, that is, social workers. But the problem is that the training of social workers still depends on the Ministry of Education. In the work of social workers, if mental illness is involved, psychological disorders should still be managed by doctors. Moreover, social work major is also at the bottom of the professional discrimination chain, which is not as popular with students as psychology and medicine. So many students transferred to this major. In the process of study, they either want to change their major at school or change careers after graduation, instead of doing their jobs.
Repeatedly, the Ministry of Health finally took the lead in management. At present, it is speculated that the Health and Health Commission may take the lead in making a psychological counseling association specifically responsible. At present, the focus of debate is who is the power core of this institution. Xinxing Power Group has invested a lot of resources in training and learning. Combined with capital, it has a great voice. Actually, I'm not satisfied with the therapists in the health department. However, the national management department is worried that this emerging group will really take full control of this industry, and there will be many uncontrollable factors in the future.
Therefore, the current situation is still dominated by health-related departments, and progress is very slow.