Dr. Xinrong Ma is a Professor at Ningxia Medical University and serves as the Director of the Psychological Counseling and Therapy Center at the Ningxia Mental Health Center (Ning’an Hospital). She has been awarded the titles such as the Ningxia Top Talent (Academic and Technical Leader) and Yinchuan Famous Doctor. She is the Deputy Director of the Mental Health Branch of the Chinese National Health Association, a Standing Committee Member of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine, a Standing Committee Member of the Psychosomatic Medicine and Clinical Psychology Committee of the Chinese Medical Women’s Association, a Committee Member of the Child Mental Health Committee of the Chinese Mental Health Association, and a Council Member of the 7th Council of the Chinese Sleep Research Society. Dr. Ma long-term research focus on the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, sleep disorders, and adolescent psychological disorder issues, She is dedicated to developing psychosomatic rehabilitation programs for adolescents with depressive disorders, aiming to improve their emotional well-being and reduce self-injurious and suicidal behaviors. She has published 20 academic papers and has independently undertaken four research projects funded by domestic sources.

2012–2015        Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Ph.D. in Clinical Medicine

2009–2012        Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, M.S. in Neurology

1997–2002        Ningxia Medical College, Yinchuan, China, B.M. in Clinical Medicine

2018             Top Talent of Ningxia (Academic and Technical Leader)

2018             Famous Doctor of Yinchuan

2023 – present  Intervention strategies for adolescent suicide and self-injury, and the development and demonstration of internet-based psychosomatic rehabilitation technologies for adolescents. Ningxia Key Research and Development Program. Role: Principal Investigator. Funding: RMB 110,000.

Tian, X., Gu, L., Ma, X., Zhang, Y., Dang, L., Gou, F., Zhang, M., Wang, W., & Duan, H. (2025). The impact of family environment on social avoidance in adolescents with depressive disorders: a chain mediation model involving basic psychological needs and core self-evaluations. Frontiers in psychiatry, 16, 1597798.

        Ma X., Song G., Xu X.B., Tian T., & Chang S.(2018). The Prevalence of Sleep Disturbance and Its Socio-demographic and Clinical Correlates in First-episode Individuals with Schizophrenia in Rural China. Perspectives in psychiatric care 2018, 31-38.

        Ma X., Hou C.L., Zang Y., Jia F., Lin Y., Li Y., Chiu H., Ungvari G., Correll C., Lai K., Zhong B., Cao X., Cai M., Yun J., & Xiang Y. (2015). Could the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report (QIDS-SR) be used in depressed schizophrenia patients? J Affect Disord, 172,191-194.