This study was aimed to investigate the present situation and potential problems of professional training for community health staff who were managing patients with severe mental disorders in Pukou district of Nanjing City. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 98 medical staff working in the community health services and analyses were conducted. The majority of the surveyed community health staff worked as part?time in managing patients with severe mental disorders. More than 90% of surveyed primary health care workers were general practitioners， and had high demand for professional training. The service ability of community health staff who were managing patients with severe mental disorders rarely met the need of their work at present. It is suggested to increase the number of such professionals（including public health and relevant clinical majors） according to the actual work need and conduct targeted training so as to improve the ability of community health staff in managing patients with severe mental disorders.