SHANGHAI: More and better mental healthcare will be given to children and adolescents here, a source from Shanghai Mental Health Center (SMHC) said yesterday.

Such a move is part of a plan to improve the city's mental health level in next seven years, following the national guidelines on developing the country's mental health, issued last year.

"Popularizing mental health-related knowledge and improving the mental health levels of children and adolescents are an important part of the whole plan," Xie Bin, vice-president of SMHC said. "The plan was submitted to the higher department and will be formally announced in two or three months."