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Chinese student mental health overseas.

Yoren provides leading psychiatric consultation and counselling for Chinese students, alongside subject tutoring and academic English. Its Chinese-language resources include clinical references, assessments and country-by-country emergency information.

Language, study and mental health

Difficulty studying in a second language can contribute to academic problems and psychological distress. Distress then makes study harder, while falling behind adds pressure.

Yoren combines clinical and academic support. Psychiatrists and counsellors address psychological distress; subject tutors and academic English teachers address the academic problem.

Reporting themes

Continuity of psychiatric care after moving abroad

What happens when a student assessed or treated in China later needs care in another health system, where records may need review, medicines may differ and clinical conversations may take place in a second language.

When academic pressure and mental health interact

How coursework, supervision and academic English can add to psychological distress, and what subject tutoring can contribute alongside psychiatric consultation or counselling.

External routes to care in Chinese

What universities can provide directly, when staff refer a student to an external service, and how the student reaches psychiatric consultation or counselling.

Clinical experts and evidence

Yoren works with psychiatrists from hospital departments ranked among China’s top ten for psychiatry in Fudan University’s 2023 China Hospital Specialty Reputation Ranking.

Professor Xiangyang Zhang He is Xinghua Chair Professor at Tsinghua University. He previously held psychiatry posts at Yale School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine and has published more than 750 SCI-indexed papers.
Dr Liu Shuangchen He is a senior psychiatrist at Beijing Huilongguan Hospital. He has practised psychiatry since 1989 and completed more than 2,000 forensic psychiatric assessments.
Dr Gao Shiyuan He began clinical work at Beijing Huilongguan Hospital in 1990 and led a clinical ward from 1996. Since 2005, he has served students at Tsinghua University’s counselling centre as a psychiatric expert and psychotherapist.

The team includes psychiatrists at the two highest clinical grades in Chinese hospitals (主任医师 and 副主任医师). Counsellors include National Level 2 Psychological Counsellors (国家二级心理咨询师), practitioners with experience in psychiatric hospitals and qualified counselling supervisors.

Clinical team and credentials → Professor Xiangyang Zhang, Tsinghua University → Dr Liu Shuangchen profile → 2023 Fudan specialty ranking →

Resources and research

Yoren Psyclopedia75 sourced clinical entries on mental-health conditions and treatments.
Psychology notes13 articles on student adjustment and study difficulties.
Clinical assessment libraryChinese-language measures with scored results, explanations and next-step guidance.
Chinese international student mental-health studyA current project and a route for institutional collaboration.
Psychological toolsCBT thought records and short guided exercises.
Emergency contactsCountry-by-country emergency numbers, urgent-care routes and official sources.
International internshipsCurrent openings from institutions, NGOs and companies.

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