Every weekend for 18 years, Chen has volunteered to scout the three-kilometre length of the metal expanse, talking to hundreds of people thinking of taking their lives and earning himself the nickname "the Angel of Nanjing".
After he stopped to talk, the woman climbed down and Chen realised he may inadvertently have saved a life. A pile of tattered Freud books bought from a street vendor years ago also kindled an interest in psychology. Mental health problems have become more common across China in recent decades, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal two years ago.Mental health advocates say there is a desperate shortage of qualified professionals equipped to deal with the surge of people experiencing psychological problems, while social stigma around mental health can add to the burden.
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