中新网10月10日电 卫生部疾病预防控制局副局长孔灵芝在今日举行的例行新闻发布会上表示，中国在改善老年精神健康状况方面面临着诸多挑战，存在着服务资源不足、专业人员短缺、患者医疗保障不强等困难。

Beijing on October 10, the ministry of health disease prevention and control bureau deputy director KongLingZhi in today at a regular press conference said,China in improving the elderly spiritual health aspects is facing many challenges,There are service resources shortage/Professional staff shortages/Medical security is not strong and so on with difficulty.

　　发布会上，有记者提问：我国老年人的总体精神状况是怎样的？现在从医疗投入、医疗技术政策方面看中国的老年精神健康具体面临哪些挑战？卫生部采取或者即将采取哪些措施面对这些挑战？我国在老龄事业发展“十二五”规划中提出要在“十二五”期间达到老年期痴呆、抑郁症的早期识别率达到40%的目标，提出这个目标的意义何在？中国现在的老年期精神疾病的识别率有多高？这种识别率是高还是低？如果是低的，早期识别率低会有什么样的危害？

conference,A reporter's question:The elderly in China the overall mental health is what kind of?Now from the medical investment/The medical technology policy see China's old mental health concrete face what challenges?The ministry of health to take or what measures in the face of these challenges?China's development of the cause of aging"1025"Planning to put forward in"1025"Period reached old age dementia/Depression of the early recognition rate reach 40% of the target,Put forward the goal of significance?China is now the old age mental disease how high recognition rate?The recognition rate is high or low?If it is low,Early low recognition rate will have what kind of harm?

　　孔灵芝回答说，关于我国现在60岁以上人群的抑郁症和老年痴呆患病率的比例，目前没有全国性的数字，根据部分地区调查结果，60岁以上的人群老年期痴呆患病率4.2%。关于抑郁症的患病率，北京市有一个调查结果65岁以上人群抑郁症患病率是4.4%。

KongLingZhi answered and said,Now about our country more than 60 people depression and dementia prealence proportion,There is no national digital,According to the results of the survey parts,People over the age of 60 of old age dementia prealence 4.2%.About the prevalence of depression,Beijing has a survey results 65 years old population prevalence of depression was 4.4%.

　　对于现在在精神卫生方面存在的挑战，孔灵芝说，我们在改善老年精神健康状况方面面临着诸多挑战，首先是服务资源不足。我国现在平均每万人的精神科床位数1.58张，全球平均水平是每万人4.36张，应该说我们的床位数和世界平均水平有很大差距。其次，我们的专业人员十分短缺，目前有两万多名精神科专科医师，3.5万名护士，因此无法满足我国日益增长的精神卫生服务需求。第三，患者的医疗保障还有待进一步的加强。现在基本医疗保障方面投入水平比较低，保障能力不强，所以这方面还要进一步加强。

For now in the mental health of the existing challenge,KongLingZhi said,We are improving the elderly spiritual health aspects is facing many challenges,The first is service resources shortage.Our country now the average every ten thousand psychiatric bedspace 1.58 zhang,The global average of 4.36 in every ten thousand people zhang,It should be said that our bedspace and the world average level has the very big disparity.secondly,Our professional staff is very short,There are more than twenty thousand psychiatric specialist,35000 nurses,So can't satisfy the nation's growing mental health service needs.The third,Patients' medical security remains to be further strengthen.Now in basic medical insurance level is low,Support capacity is not strong,So this will further strengthen.

　　孔灵芝说，近年来，国家加大了精神卫生的政策和投入力度。2010年—2012年，各级政府共投入了154亿元用于改扩建548家精神卫生医疗机构和支持608家的精神卫生医疗机构的基本医疗设备的配置，使得全国精神卫生服务能力得到了大幅度提升。同时，国家在加大力度进行精神卫生专业人员的培养培训工作，也逐步纳入议程。在2011——2012年中央财政共投入600万元用于精神卫生专业人员的培训工作。我们相信，尽管我们面临很多挑战，但随着深化医改措施的全面推进，这方面的工作和面临的问题会逐步得到解决。(据中国网文字直播整理)

KongLingZhi said,In recent years,Countries increased mental health policies and investment.In 2010-2012,Governments at all levels has invested 15.4 billion yuan for the reconstruction of 548 mental health and medical institutions and support of the 608 mental health of medical institutions basic medical equipment,Make the national mental health service capacity were improved significantly.At the same time,Countries in intensify efforts to mental health professionals training training work,Also gradually into the agenda.In 2011-2012, the central government has invested 6 million yuan in mental health professionals training work.We believe that,Although we are faced with many challenges,But with the deepening of the reform measures to promote,This aspect of work and are faced with the problem can be solved step by step.(According to China text live finishing)