CandleX

Goals

To provide English speaking people in Beijing with affordable, accessible, and quality mental health Support. To reduce social stigma, increase public knowledge, and provide psychosocial support for people experiencing depression, mania and severe anxiety.

Major Projects

• Mental Health for Community - We host Talks & Workshops that aim to educate and empower the community in identifying and managing emotions and mental health.
• Mental Health Support Group - This peer support group meets fortnightly and offers a safe space where those going through depression, mania, and severe anxiety can find support.
• Mental Health for Teenagers - These Talks & Workshops are designed to address the specific emotional needs of today's teenagers.
• MoodLab | Bipolar Awareness Campaign - This collaborative art education project works with community members to produce works of art that educate the public about bipolar disorder.
• Online Education | Depression - We’ve written a whole 19 articles on depression, from why, and what, to how you can support yourself or others with depression;
• “My Story with Depression” is our column where people in Beijing submit their own stories of going through depression, bipolar disorder.

Distinctions

This is the only NGO in China that works on mental health for English speaking population.