David E. Scharff and Jill Savege Scharff; Huan Wang; Elise Snyder; Hsuan-Ying Huang

Coinciding with the UK Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 whose theme is ‘loneliness’, this special online symposium will explore the dynamics of inter-personal relationships and intimacies of daily life in modern China, as they develop against the breathless pace of the country’s socio-economic changes. Speakers with extensive clinical and research experience across the Chinese and Western cultures will discuss a range of topics pertaining to ‘inner revolutions’ and the current ‘psycho-fever’ in China: the relational intricacies of clinical encounters, the modern dilemmas of balancing collectivist values with Western influences, the rapidly changing role of technology in shaping personal connections and mental health services, and above all: the evolving nature of family and romantic relationships.