Search Results - "Chan, Sherry K.‐W."
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Self-stigma and affiliate stigma in first-episode psychosis patients and their caregivers
Published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (01-09-2016)“…Purpose Stigma is a major factor causing delayed help-seeking and poor treatment adherence in patients with psychotic disorders. Previous research has mostly…”
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Unveiling common psychological characteristics of proneness to aggression and general psychopathology in a large community youth cohort
Published in Translational psychiatry (12-07-2023)“…Elevated aggression in individuals with psychiatric disorders is frequently reported yet aggressive acts among people with mental illness are often intertwined…”
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Prevalence and risk factors for suicidal behavior in young people presenting with first-episode psychosis in Hong Kong: a 3-year follow-up study
Published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (01-02-2015)“…Purpose Individuals with first-episode psychosis (FEP) have markedly elevated risk for suicide. Previous research investigating risk factors of suicidal…”
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LevelMind@JC: Development and evaluation of a community early intervention program for young people in Hong Kong
Published in Early intervention in psychiatry (01-08-2022)“…Aim Hong Kong's existing mental health services are inadequate in addressing young people's needs. The LevelMind@JC project established an early intervention…”
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Vulnerability and resilience in children during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in European child & adolescent psychiatry (01-01-2022)“…Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound impact on the health and development of children worldwide. There is limited…”
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Examining gender difference in adult-onset psychosis in Hong Kong
Published in Early intervention in psychiatry (01-08-2016)“…Aim Gender‐specific treatment strategies for psychosis have been suggested in recent years. Data on gender difference were largely consistent regarding…”
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Psychiatrists' opinion towards medication discontinuation in remitted first‐episode psychosis: A multi‐site study of the Asian Network for Early Psychosis
Published in Early intervention in psychiatry (01-12-2019)“…Aim The study investigated psychiatrists' views towards the issue of medication discontinuation for patients in remission from first‐episode psychosis in four…”
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Mental Health Risks after Repeated Exposure to Multiple Stressful Events during Ongoing Social Unrest and Pandemic in Hong Kong: The Role of Rumination: Risques pour la santé mentale après une exposition répétée à de multiples événements stressants d’agitation sociale durable et de pandémie à Hong Kong: le rôle de la rumination
Published in Canadian journal of psychiatry (01-06-2021)“…Objectives: The co-occurrence of different classes of population-level stressors, such as social unrest and public health crises, is common in contemporary…”
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Predictors of help-seeking duration in adult-onset psychosis in Hong Kong
Published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (01-11-2013)“…Purpose Delay in receiving treatment in psychosis may lead to adverse consequences. We examined the predictors for help-seeking duration in adult-onset…”
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A systematic review of clinical guidelines on choice, dose, and duration of antipsychotics treatment in first- and multi-episode schizophrenia
Published in International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) (18-08-2019)“…Clinical guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations to regulate pharmacological treatment of psychotic disorders. However, the quality of evidence,…”
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Striatal dopamine synthesis capacity and its association with negative symptoms upon resolution of positive symptoms in first-episode schizophrenia and delusional disorder
Published in Psychopharmacology (01-07-2022)“…Rationale How striatal dopamine synthesis capacity (DSC) contributes to the pathogenesis of negative symptoms in first-episode schizophrenia (SZ) and…”
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Persistent negative symptoms in first-episode schizophrenia: A prospective three-year follow-up study
Published in Schizophrenia research (01-12-2011)“…Abstract Background Negative symptoms are a core feature of schizophrenia. The evolution and trajectory of primary negative symptoms were under-studied. We…”
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Impact of restrictive COVID-19 measures on daily momentary affect in an epidemiological youth sample in Hong Kong: An experience sampling study
Published in Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) (01-08-2023)“…Restrictive COVID-19 measures can have significant mental health impacts, particularly on young people. How such measures may influence day-to-day momentary…”
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Naming psychosis: the Hong Kong experience
Published in Early intervention in psychiatry (01-11-2010)“…Aim: Schizophrenia translates in Chinese as ‘Mind Split Disease’ which is heavily stigmatizing. The narrow conceptualization for schizophrenia alone was…”
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Protocol for a prospective open-label clinical trial to investigate the utility of concurrent TBS/fNIRS for antidepressant treatment optimisation
Published in BMJ open (10-02-2022)“…IntroductionRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with theta burst stimulation (i.e. TBS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is an…”
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Excessive fear of clusters of holes, its interaction with stressful life events and the association with anxiety and depressive symptoms: large epidemiological study of young people in Hong Kong
Published in BJPsych open (14-08-2023)“…Excessive and persistent fear of clusters of holes, also known as trypophobia, has been suggested to reflect cortical hyperexcitability and may be associated…”
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Impact of physical activity on functioning of patients with first-episode psychosis — A 6 months prospective longitudinal study
Published in Schizophrenia research (01-11-2013)“…Abstract There has been increasing interest in studying the impact of physical activity on the psychological and physical well-being and functioning in…”
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Rate and predictors of disengagement from a 2-year early intervention program for psychosis in Hong Kong
Published in Schizophrenia research (01-03-2014)“…Abstract Objectives This study aims to examine the prevalence and predictors of disengagement in a longitudinal cohort of first-episode psychosis (FEP)…”
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Clinical and cognitive correlates of insight in first-episode schizophrenia
Published in Schizophrenia research (01-03-2012)“…Abstract This study aims to explore the relationship between clinical symptoms and cognitive functions with different insight dimensions in patients with…”
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