Endeavors underway to better treat depression

Mo Qing, a university lecturer in Zunyi, Guizhou province, was first diagnosed with depression when he was a 19-year-old college student in 2006, although he started to experience symptoms such as desperation and extreme pessimism years before that.

Mo, 33, who declined to give his real name, said the family environment in which he was raised－he was frequently locked in his room as a child when his parents went out－had contributed to the condition.

Before he was cured four years ago, he had to battle with regular bouts of depression.