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From Xinhua<\/a>:<\/p>\n

More than 26 million Chinese suffer depression, but only 10 percent of them go to doctors, according to a medical expert in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Some 10 to 15 percent of those with the depression problem in the country are likely to commit suicide, but only less than 10 percent of them are taking medicines or receiving medical treatment, said Zhou Dongfeng, an expert with the Chinese Medical Association<\/a>, at the Asian Neuro-science Summit held in Beijing on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Moreover, less than 20 percent of hospitals in the Chinese cities are capable of making correct diagnoses on depressive symptoms, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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