Founded in 1980, Shenzhen Mental Health Center Hospital is a medical and health unit directly under the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission, and the only tertiary first-class psychiatric hospital in Shenzhen that integrates prevention, medical treatment, rehabilitation, scientific research and teaching. In 2007, the hospital was added to the Shenzhen Mental Health Center, and at the same time undertook the city's comprehensive social governance tasks such as technical guidance for mental health prevention and rehabilitation, treatment and assistance for vagrant mental patients, and compulsory treatment for mental patients. Since 2010, the hospital has been ranked among the top 10 psychiatric hospitals in the "Best Specialty Ranking in China" by the Hospital Management Institute of Fudan University. Won the 5th "National Civilized Unit" in 2017, and ranked among the best in various customer experience and public satisfaction evaluations; In 2018 and 2019, it ranked eighth and fifth in the country in the performance evaluation of national tertiary public hospitals, respectively; In 2019, it ranked 25th in the country in the science and technology value (STEM) ranking of Chinese hospitals/Chinese medical colleges; In 2014, it was approved as "National Clinical Drug Trial Base"; In 2015, it became the "Shenzhen Branch of the National Clinical Research Center for Mental Illness (Peking University Sixth Hospital)"; In 2017, it became the Shenzhen Branch of the National Clinical Research Center for Mental and Psychological Diseases (Second Xiangya Hospital). In 2016, it was approved as "Shenzhen Postdoctoral Innovation Practice Base", and in 2019, the hospital was recognized as "Guangdong Province High-level Clinical Key Specialty (Psychiatry)"; In 2020, it was selected as the construction unit of Shenzhen High-level Hospital (Regional Medical Center) and was approved as the "National Standardized Training Base for Residents". The hospital is the Shenzhen Quality Control Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Diseases, the Shenzhen Clinical Research Center for Mental and Psychological Diseases, the leading unit of the national pilot project for the comprehensive management of severe mental disorders and the construction of the social psychological service system, and the specific responsible unit for the "Peace of Mind Action" project in Shenzhen for the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic. It is also the chairman unit of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Psychiatrist Alliance".
The hospital's business is divided into three series: clinical services, community prevention and treatment, and scientific research, with 1,330 open beds. It has advanced equipment such as 3.0T MRI, 80-slice CT, DR, rTMS and other advanced equipment and biobank, mental imaging research center, clinical skills simulation training center, etc. As of March 2021, there are 1,189 employees in the hospital, including 231 doctoral and master's students, accounting for 19.4%; 127 have senior titles, accounting for 10.7%; 202 intermediate, accounting for 16.9%; There were 807 junior students, accounting for 67.9%.
The hospital has two campuses: Pingshan and Luohu. Pingshan Campus is a psychiatric and rehabilitation hospital, covering an area of 96,000 square meters and a construction area of 134,000 square meters. The Luohu campus is a psychological hospital, covering an area of 16,000 square meters and a business area of 35,000 square meters. The main business is the diagnosis and treatment and rehabilitation of minor mental disorders, and the Citizen Mental Health Promotion Center, Psychological Crisis Intervention Center, Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy Center are all located in this hospital.
The hospital is a collaborative unit (psychiatry) for standardized training of residents in Guangdong Province, a teaching hospital of general medical colleges and universities in Guangdong Province, a clinical school of mental health in Shenzhen Medical University, a school of mental health of Shenzhen University, and a clinical school of mental health in Jining Medical College. Clinical psychology, pediatric psychiatry, bipolar disorder and mental health disease prevention and treatment are the key medical disciplines in Shenzhen. It has 7 major research platforms, including Shenzhen Neurodevelopmental Disorder Rehabilitation Technology Engineering Laboratory. Since 2016, the China Mental Health Leaders Summit has been held for four consecutive years, gathering domestic and foreign mental health leaders to lead the industry's ideological trends and release academic pioneers, with influence at home and abroad. Dr. Hu Chiyi has been selected as a "Global Highly Cited Researcher" twice, and has become the only expert in the field of psychiatry/psychology in China. At present, 309 people serve in the national, provincial and municipal societies/associations committees, including 54 at the national level, 83 at the provincial level and 172 at the municipal level.
The hospital has in-depth cooperation with the team of Professor Lu Lin of the Sixth Hospital of Peking University, the team of Professor Fang Yiru of Shanghai Mental Health Center, the team of Professor Ian Everall of the University of Melbourne, the team of Professor Myron Lowell Belfer of the Department of Pediatric Psychiatry of Boston Children's Hospital affiliated to Harvard Medical School, the team of Academician Robin Mac Gregor Murray of King's College London, and the team of Professor Li Huafang of the Mental Health Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Continuously improve the level of medical treatment, teaching, research and prevention. The "National Clinical Research Center for Mental Illness, Shenzhen Branch of Peking University Sixth Hospital" and the "Shenzhen Branch of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University" were jointly established with the Sixth Hospital of Peking University and the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University with the Sixth Hospital of Peking University and the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, and the "Shenzhen Workstation of Sichuan Mental Health Magazine" was jointly established with the Sichuan Provincial Mental Health Center, and the Mental Health Medical Social Worker Training was jointly organized with the School of Social Work of New York University. Jointly carried out the active community treatment ACT project with the University of Toronto, Canada, and jointly conducted suicide prevention and intervention related research with the University of Rochester.
The hospital adheres to the vision of "building the most elegant academic research-oriented mental health center in China", takes the mission of "protecting the inner peace of Shenzhen people", and adheres to the motto of "Diligence, Honesty, Virtue and Harmony". During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the hospital will thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and important instructions at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the inspection of Guangdong and Shenzhen, implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, adhere to the people-centered development thinking, seize the historical opportunity of "Socialist Pilot Demonstration Zone" and "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", and aim to build a high-level psychiatric hospital and strive to become a national psychiatric regional medical center. Based on the high starting point of comprehensively promoting the high-quality development of mental health in Shenzhen, continue to adhere to the development strategy of "five-in-one" (psychological hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, research institutes, prevention and protection centers, and comprehensive outpatient departments), benchmark the highest, best, and best, create a "Shenzhen model" for mental health, and provide a "Shenzhen model" for mental health services in China.
