China Daily Oct. 11, 2008 —The Ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young, as part of efforts to mark the World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday.
More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problems, and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression, the Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily reported. The World Health Organization estimates that before 2020, the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent, and mental problem will become a major factor behind deaths and illness in the young worldwide.
Deng Xiaohong, the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said rapid social changes is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems. If these mental diseases are not treated on time, science of crimes, drug-taking and other dangerous behaviors are expected to rise. Experts said mental diseases could be caused by many factors, such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressures from an overload of studies. A number of experts have also said the one-child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young. Children are said to be too “spoiled” and “selfish” in a one-child family.
It’s reported that schools in many cities are rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well-being. Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing No, 105 Middle School, told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month, “Students can be arranged to have 40-mimute counseling sessions, “Yin said. The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the National College Entrance Exam to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.”
1. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Efforts to Mark World Mental Health Day
B. Seriousness of Youngsters’ Mental Health Problems
C. How to Maintain Mental Well-being
D. Public Awareness on Youngsters’ Mental Diseases Expected
2. The writer intends to tell us in the second paragraph that .
A. mental health problems of the young are becoming a popular problem
B. only young people are suffering from mental health problems
C. mental problems will become as serious as deaths and illness
D. the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent
3. Why is Beijing No. 105 Middle School mentioned in the passage?
A. To provide the students with counseling sessions.
B. To give an example showing how mental problems are dealt with.
C. To help ease the anxiety arising from college entrance exams.
D. To call on other schools to learn from No. 105 Middle School.