In order to remedy this situation, last year the Department of Health launched a "Taiwan-style family doctor" program directed at Taiwan's 16,000 general practitioners, 9000 clinics, and first-year residents in every major hospital. The program offers training in psychiatry and teaches participants to identify potential depression patients and to promptly refer them to a psychiatry department.
為了改善這種情況，衛生署在去年推動「台灣式家庭醫師」計畫，將針對全省一萬六千名基層醫師、九千家診所，以及各大醫院第一年的住院醫師們，開設精神醫學的集訓課程，教導他們辨識出潛在的重鬱症患者，並及時轉診到精神科。