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Due to a lack of professional therapists, the country's collectivist mindset and culture of moderation, many depressed Chinese find it hard to talk to psychologists in the real world.


Professor Zhu Tingshao and his team of volunteers are trying to help those showing suicidal signs on social media platforms.


Zhu Tingshao analyzes users' Weibo posts to identify whether they have suicidal tendencies and need help. Photo: Courtesy of Zhu Tingshao


"It will all be worth it if we are able to save a single life."


That's the motto of Professor Zhu Tingshao and his team of academic volunteers from the Institute of Psychology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who are reaching out online to strangers they think are suffering from depression to offer them someone to talk to Orioles Mark Trumbo Jersey , in the hope that they can do their part to solve China's suicide problem.


Carefully going through Sina Weibo posts that show signs of being authored by depressed people, Zhu and the other volunteers, sitting in silence behind screens, are ready to give a hand to anyone who hints they may want to end their lives.


"People send signals if they write about killing themselves, looking for guns or hazardous pills, or regularly post content related to death and suicide Orioles Joey Rickard Jersey ," Zhu said.


A total of 6,000 Weibo posts and comments are analyzed by Zhu and his team every week, about 400 of which are identified as showing clear signs of suicidal intent.


The team, the first of its kind in the world, is in many ways a response to China's specific mental health problems: the growth in the number of people suffering from mental problems, the lack of qualified mental health professionals and people's lack of understanding about mental health issues.


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Inspired by stories of people who committed suicide after posting about the topic repeatedly on their social media accounts Orioles Chris Davis Jersey , the team set out to develop a new counseling format.


The project enables psychologists to fin