In China, families are often hesitant to send their children to treatment camps – whether it be for mental illness or drug addiction. But there's one type of camp that's on the rise. Tony Zhou tells us more.

Today I will tell you the point on the body that can help to counteract the symptoms of coronary heart disease, a common illness occurring among the middle aged and the elderly．This massage can aid with several types of symptoms such as palpitations, stomach ache, vomiting, hiccups, insomnia and dizziness. Please follow me to locate the point on the body. With the palm is turned up, place the 3 fingers (index, middle and ring) onto the wrist, the point is on the center of the line of the index finger. Then, from top to bottom, press or rub in a rotating fashion for about 10 minutes every day. The area may feel slightly sore afterwards and your middle fingers may feel a little numb too! This is natural though. This simple massage can help with treating coronary heart disease, and may also prevent it．Don't forget this point!

The recent execution of a British man in China for drug smuggling triggered heated debate between the British and Chinese authorities.

At the center of the argument was whether the man was or was not suffering from a mental condition – bi-polar disorder – and whether he was aware of his actions and the consequences.

And recently a number of widely publicized attacks on either family members or strangers by mentally ill assailants have resulted in several deaths. All this has led to more attention being paid to an area of health that has long been largely ignored in China.

A recent survey carried out by the People’s Daily found that more than 16 percent of university students frequently experience anxiety, depression and nervousness. And the Mental Health Research Institute at Peking University says that while fifteen out of every thousand people will suffer from depression in China - an incident rate similar to that of the US – the number of medical professionals working with mental illness in China is 43 times fewer than in the United States.

BON researcher Jackie Wen went online to find out what net users in China are saying about mental illness and it’s effects on society.

Mental illness is a difficult topic here in China, and often parents try to hide mentally ill children due to societal taboos. BON’s Tony Zhou brings us one story that went to an extreme.

As we mentioned earlier, the execution of Akmal Shaikh, a British man found guilty of drug smuggling in China, stirred controversy recently. Especially when it was revealed the courts here had refused to conduct a psychological assessment, despite evidence that Shaikh suffered from bipolar disorder. The news brought the seldom discussed issue of mental illness to the forefront, and in particular, how such conditins are viewed in China.