Why did Zhong Nanshan call on COVID-19 to pay attention to mental health?

Because health is half mental health and disease is half mental illness, we should pay attention to the weak links of health. On a global scale, the proportion of ordinary people with poor mental and psychological conditions reaches one third. The treatment of epidemic situation around the world focuses on physical diseases, ignoring mental health, which leads to the deterioration of diseases and many social problems. At present, it is urgent to pay attention to psychological and mental health.

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Zhong Nanshan proposed that after COVID-19, the global health system should be rebuilt, from "treatment-centered" to "people's health-centered". Academician Zhong Nanshan said that another inspiration from the COVID-19 epidemic is to prevent diseases from upstream, instead of waiting for the occurrence and severity of diseases before going to the hospital for treatment.

Zhong Nanshan said that according to the data of Healthy China Action Plan (20 19-2030), non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, tumors, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes accounted for 88% of the total deaths, and the resulting disease burden accounted for more than 70% of the total disease burden.