App designed to help mentally ill

A mobile phone application has been launched catering to the needs of people with mental disorders.

The Guangdong Family Doctor Association and Guangdong Mental Health Center have developed the nonprofit Guardian App, which is designed to link mental health doctors and general practitioners with patients suffering from minor mental disorders and the custodians of people with serious conditions in Guangdong.

Guangdong province, the most populous province in China, had 494,540 patients with serious mental disorders at the end of last month, with another 1 million estimated but not yet diagnosed and registered, said Jia Fujun, director of the center.