Study on the Status of the Human Resource for Mental Health in Community Health Service in Shenzhen City

Objectives To learn the human resource status for mental health in community health service in Shenzhen city,and to analyze the problems and to provide evidence of solving the problems to meet the community residents' demand for mental health.Methods Collecting basic information of 79community health service institutions applying the method of questionnaire survey,inputting data with SPSS 10.0for the analysis.Results There was one medical personnel undertaking the work of mental health in every community health service institution.The average age of them was 35.89years old.59.49% of them were doctors,21.52% of them were nurses,6.33% of them were druggist or medical laboratory technicians,2.53% of them were public health personnel.The primary, intermediate and senior professional titles accounted for 48.10%,43.04% and 8.86% respectively.There were 4 technical school graduates,17college graduates,49bachelor degree graduates,and 9postgraduates.Each medical personnel undertaking the work of mental health in community health service institution served 23 900people.Their average working years were 1.66years.Their average salary was 64 200Yuan/year.Conclusions The community mental health workers are mostly young,they have high academic qualifications,but their mental health professional knowledge needs to be improved.The general mental health human resources of community health service institution in Futian district of Shenzhen city are irrational,which need more investment and development.It is necessary for the government to pay more attention to the community mental health workers,and improve their remuneration.