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Research on the Current Situation, Problems and Countermeasures of Mental Health Education for Postgraduates in China’s Four Medical Universities
Sun Lei,
Chen Duanying,
Xue Junfeng
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2018
Pages:
102-107
Received:
18 July 2018
Accepted:
3 September 2018
Published:
30 September 2018
Abstract: The mental health of medical postgraduates is not only related to personal development, but also related to the future of China’s health system. The purpose of study is to analyze the necessity of the mental health education for medical graduates and the existing problems as well as to probe the effective methods of the mental health education of medical postgraduate. Questionnaire is implemented among students in four medical universities in Hubei and Hunan Provinces. The result concludes the problems of medical students’ mental health education, such as insufficient emphasis, medicalization, singularity and poor relevance. The study argues that it is necessary to explore the effective ways of mental health education for medical graduates in the following aspects: (1) to raise awareness and to enhance the awareness of mental health education of medical postgraduates; (2) to scientifically locate and clarify the relationship between mental health education and medical education; (3) to integrate resources to build medical student’s mental health education system; (4) to build a platform to expand the medical graduate students mental health education channels.
Abstract: The mental health of medical postgraduates is not only related to personal development, but also related to the future of China’s health system. The purpose of study is to analyze the necessity of the mental health education for medical graduates and the existing problems as well as to probe the effective methods of the mental health education of m...
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Malpractices and Path of Reform Concerning Psychiatric Identification in China—Taking the “Heading-cutting Case” Committed by Hu as an Entry Point
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2018
Pages:
108-114
Received:
10 September 2018
Accepted:
12 October 2018
Published:
5 November 2018
Abstract: Recent years have witnessed a frequent increase in the number of crimes committed by the mentally ill, which accordingly leads to more cases that psychiatric perpetrators were exempted from liability, exemplified by the “head-cutting case” committed by Hu in Wuchang. However, exempting the mentally ill from criminal liability is only an exception as for imposing liabilities on criminal subjects. In judicial practice, it should be limited in use as much as possible to avoid instability occurring in the criminal law system due to the expansion of its application. At present, there are still many defects in the regulations on the mentally ill in China. On the one hand, it is difficult to provide a clear and practical definition of the exemption for the mentally ill. On the other hand, a series of problems have arisen since the public would hold doubts about the exemption for some defendants. In order to prevent "false" psychiatric identification and guarantee the effectiveness of the exemption exclusively to the mentally ill, it is necessary to analyze the value basis of exemption for the mentally ill and deconstruct some standards of psychiatric identification and related legal provisions. It should be further realized that the current psychiatric identification mainly has three defects including vague legal provisions, varied standards of identification, and improper entity in charge of initiating the identification. Given this, the paper has proposed solutions from four aspects, i.e., clarifying the standards for identifying mental illness, standardizing the criteria for admission of the appraisers, determining appropriate entity for initiating the identification, and severely punishing "false" psychiatric identification.
Abstract: Recent years have witnessed a frequent increase in the number of crimes committed by the mentally ill, which accordingly leads to more cases that psychiatric perpetrators were exempted from liability, exemplified by the “head-cutting case” committed by Hu in Wuchang. However, exempting the mentally ill from criminal liability is only an exception a...
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Africa’s Child Soldiers/Suicide Children: A Regulatory Framework
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2018
Pages:
115-124
Received:
8 October 2018
Accepted:
25 October 2018
Published:
21 November 2018
Abstract: Despite the prohibition of child soldiers by international law, recent African conflicts have witnessed a persistence of this phenomenon, which is becoming ever more specialised. An example of such specialist involvement of children in African armed conflicts is the use of young children, especially girls as suicide bombers by the jihadist terrorist groups Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab. Using children in armed conflict is regarded as amongst the worst forms of child abuse under international law and African regional law. This article examines the almost unprecedented threat to the human rights of children created by child soldiers and specifically child suicide bombers with the objective of identifying major weaknesses in the responses by both general international law and African Union legal instruments. Despite the comprehensive engagement of international regulations with children in armed conflict, they are silent on the practice of using children for the specific purpose of suicide bombings. This article considers the question whether child suicide bombers can be considered to be child soldiers and as such should benefit from the regulations applicable to the latter category. This is established through an analysis of both the general international law and African Union legal frameworks on the rights of the child; child labour; children in armed conflict; and terrorism within the context of available information on the current wave of suicide bombings by young girls in West-Africa. It is suggested that child suicide bombings in a West-African context in effect constitutes a new form of improvised explosive device, but moreover should be regarded as a recognised form of child soldiering and terrorism. Although international law and scholarship do not provide adequate responses to this complex problem, it is suggested that child suicide bombings violate the letter and the spirit of the international regulations identified. This points to a clear need for more focussed scholarly research and comprehensive international engagement in order to understand and more effectively regulate this extreme form of child abuse within the already established context of children in armed conflict.
Abstract: Despite the prohibition of child soldiers by international law, recent African conflicts have witnessed a persistence of this phenomenon, which is becoming ever more specialised. An example of such specialist involvement of children in African armed conflicts is the use of young children, especially girls as suicide bombers by the jihadist terroris...
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The Appraisal Problems of Misjudged Criminal Cases - An Empirical Research Based on 50 Cases
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2018
Pages:
125-136
Received:
18 June 2018
Accepted:
18 October 2018
Published:
4 December 2018
Abstract: The reason why the misjudged criminal cases exist is not due to the application of law, but due to the deviation of fact-foundings, which are the errors in appraisal. Based on the empirical study, this research uses the inductive and deductive methods to analyse the appraisal problems in misjudged criminal cases of China and study the main reasons that cause the misjudged criminal cases. The reasons includethe pressure that urges the investigative organs to solve the cases, the quality and the quantities of the evidence the professional abilities of the appraisers, the reliability of the investigative technology, the problems in the exploration, examination and extraction the evidence and in reconstruction the criminal scenes, and the deliberate wrong appraisal etc.. The solution, first of all, is to reform the appraisal system to keep it neutral. Firstly, the internal appraisers of investigation organs should be separated from the investigation organs. Secondly, the rights of the relevant parties should be protected to restrict powers with rights. Meanwhile, the investigation organs should establish an appraisal recordation system. And finally, the interest parties should be allowed to participate in the appraisal process and strengthen the supervision over appraisal activities and summary of past facts.
Abstract: The reason why the misjudged criminal cases exist is not due to the application of law, but due to the deviation of fact-foundings, which are the errors in appraisal. Based on the empirical study, this research uses the inductive and deductive methods to analyse the appraisal problems in misjudged criminal cases of China and study the main reasons ...
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