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. 2012 Feb;24(1):38–40. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.01.005

Table 1. Mental health service resources in Western countries and China in the 1950s and 2000s.

Country Year Population (million) Number of psychiatric beds Beds/ 100,000 people Number of psychiatrists Psychiatrists/ 100,000 people
China 1957 630 11 000 1.7 400 0.06
2005 1 300 146 000 11.2 18 900 1.45
United States 1956 150 520 000 346.7 7 000 4.67
2005 300 223 000 74.3 40 000 13.33
United Kingdom 1956 50 135000 270.0 3 000 6.00
2006 60 35 000 58.3 6 600 11.00