{"id":119200,"date":"2026-05-20T10:49:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=119200"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:49:45","slug":"p-html-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=119200","title":{"rendered":"Health Talk Special: Depression, isolation and illumination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Medical research indicates that spring is a peak season for depression and other mental health conditions. Currently, an estimated 350 million people worldwide are affected by depression \u2013 including more than 95 million in China alone. This means that roughly one in every 14 people experiences this “common cold” of mental health.<\/p>\n

CGTN’s Health Talk program presents a mental health special, featuring the renowned pianist Kong Xiangdong, who shares his authentic eight-year journey battling the condition. The program also brings together authoritative expert perspectives from Zhao Min, president of the Shanghai Mental Health Center; and Wang Gang, president of Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University. This aims to dispel the mental fog that traps the patients, and calls on their families and society as a whole to build a solid social support system, helping individuals to navigate through the darkness and toward recovery.<\/p>\n

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