Great reply, SB, well documented!

One reason for such a high % (100 million is almost 10% of the population), a Chinese doctor says in the Telegraph article "China has 100 million people with mental illness" is: "The government did not pay much attention to the public's mental health over the past 50 years, and did not invest much in treatment or care,"

And " China suffers from a serious lack of qualified psychiatrists, since the profession was outlawed during the Cultural Revolution. "

And it seems the situation is even better than it was decades ago: "As a society develops, it is only natural for government and people to pay more attention to the mental health, but it is not necessarily related to our rising social problems. People nowadays are less crazy than they were during the Cultural Revolution, that's for sure. People are definitely happier now than in that special period," she said."

It all makes sense, but what is the real reason for such a high % according to you. I have one but I would rather not mention it right now. Would like to read yours first.