Table 3 Summary of Liuyang Policy & Liuyang Plan’s activities & time frames

Implementation issues

Policy activities

• Leadership and coordination mechanism for mental health;

• Mental health service network construction;

• PWP surveillance, management & interventions;

• Interventions for other key population;

• Dissemination & popularization of mental health knowledge;

• Financing.

Evaluation indicators

• Mental health literacy rate among the general population (by 2010 & 2017);

• Prevalence of mental disorders among children & adolescents (by 2010);

• Training rate of mental health professionals (by 2010);

• Detection rate of psychiatric illnesses (by 2015);

• Treatment rate for schizophrenia (by 2010 & 2015);

• Rate of PWP’s crimes & violent/disruptive behaviors (by 2010 & 2015);

• Rate of PWP under guardianship (by 2010 & 2015);

• Rate of PWP’s significant improvement (by 2015);

• Coverage rate of mental health prevention, treatment& rehabilitation work (by 2010).