Chinese colleges to track students' mental health Print E-mail

China has ordered universities to keep individual psychological health records for each incoming new student amid rising concern over campus suicides, state media reported on Wednesday.

"This is part of a crisis prevention system designed to detect signs of psychological problems and prevent them from escalating into crises," Vice-Minister of Education Zhu Shanlu was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying.

Nearly 685 people commit suicide every day in China and at least 2 million try to kill themselves every year, the report said, citing a World Health Organisation expert.

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