For institutions
Give Chinese students access to leading psychiatric consultation and counselling.
Yoren’s psychiatrists provide assessment and clinical advice; counsellors provide ongoing sessions. Both work online and in Chinese.
The clinical team
- Our Clinical Psychology Department includes renowned psychiatric specialists from hospital psychiatry departments ranked among China’s top ten by Fudan University.
- Our psychiatrists include Chief Psychiatrists and Associate Chief Psychiatrists, the two highest clinical grades in Chinese hospitals.
- Our counselling team includes experienced counsellors, counsellors holding China’s national Level 2 psychological counsellor qualification, and counselling supervisors who train and oversee other counsellors; several have experience in psychiatric hospitals.
Profiles for Professor Xiangyang Zhang, Dr Liu Shuangchen and Dr Gao Shiyuan are on the Yoren home page →
Referrals and institution-funded access
Through referral, Yoren works as an extension of an institution’s student support. The institution can then offer psychiatric consultation and counselling in Chinese without setting up or funding a service of its own. To arrange a referral pathway or fund access for a group of students, contact Yoren directly.
Who can refer or share Yoren
- University counselling and student support services
- University international student services
- Student societies and Chinese student associations
- Student accommodation and residence teams
- Community mental-health services
Mental-health talks
Leading psychiatrists give online talks for Chinese students, each about an hour including questions. Institutions can choose from the topics below or agree a topic with Yoren.
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Professor Xiangyang Zhang
Xinghua Chair Professor, Tsinghua University
President, Overseas Chinese Psychiatric Association
Licensed psychiatrist in China and the United States
- Academic pressure and coping
- Adapting to study abroad
- Phone dependence and attention
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Dr Song Chongsheng
Associate Chief Psychiatrist, nearly 30 years in clinical practice
Former director of a hospital sleep medicine centre
- Procrastination and taking action
- Sleep and mental health
- Helping a friend with low mood
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Dr Yan Feng
Associate Chief Psychiatrist, head of a psychosomatic medicine ward
PhD in psychiatry, Peking University
- Anxiety and managing emotions
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Dr Gao Shiyuan
Clinical Expert, Tsinghua University Counseling Center
Nearly four decades of clinical experience
- Common mental-health problems at university and how to cope
- Recognising a mental-health crisis and offering support
Peer support training and supervision
Yoren’s psychiatrists and counselling supervisors train peer support teams in Chinese student associations and universities. Training covers listening, recognising a mental-health crisis and referral, and continues with case discussion, ongoing supervision and practice guidance.
Academic support
International university lecturers and PhDs work as personal tutors, supporting Chinese students one to one in their university subjects, academic English and thesis writing, entirely in English. Senior editors from Oxford University Press, Caixin and academic journals, together with international PhDs, edit papers to publication standard. Academic support helps students keep up with their courses and take part in university life. When academic pressure adds to distress, students can use it alongside psychiatric consultation or counselling.
Resources for students
Yoren’s student resources include:
- Yoren Psyclopedia89 sourced clinical entries on mental-health conditions and treatments.
- Psychology notes14 articles on student adjustment, study and everyday difficulties.
- Clinical assessment libraryChinese-language measures with scored results, explanations and next-step guidance.
- Chinese international student mental-health studyA study of Chinese students’ mental health, academic pressure and cultural adjustment. Student associations can join as research partners.
- Emergency contactsCountry-by-country emergency numbers, urgent-care routes and official sources.
Contact
Write to service@yoren.co to discuss referrals, institution-funded access, talks, peer support training or academic support.