Reducing mental health distress and preventing depression in young people in the community: A multimethod observational study with a real-world and prospective 12-month controlled approach: mental health distress in community youths.

Community-based youth mental health (YMH) platforms are challenging to evaluate. Using a multi-method approach, we examined the efficacy of an integrated YMH program in Hong Kong. The real-world outcomes of 1047 participants were compared with a propensity score (PS) matched control group randomly selected from the community (study 1).

Evaluation of a Low-Intensity Online Intervention (LiON) for Reducing Distress and Mental Health Symptoms in Young People.

Purpose: Enhancing young people's mental health is crucial given that most adult mental disorders develop before age 24 years. However, it is unclear whether low-intensity interventions delivered online can be effective. This study aimed to provide preliminary evidence on whether a low-intensity online intervention (LiON) can effectively lower young people's distress levels and mental health symptoms.

The Hong Kong youth epidemiological study of mental health (HK-YES)-A population-based psychiatric epidemiology study of youth mental health in Hong Kong: A study protocol.

Aim: Young people in Hong Kong have been facing numerous population-level events over the past year, including social unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic. Representative data concerning the mental health of youths, however, is limited. The Hong Kong Youth Epidemiological Study of Mental Health (HK-YES) is commissioned to provide the first representative prevalence estimates and correlates of mental disorders among young people in Hong Kong.

Prevalence of frequent nightmares and their prospective associations with 1-year psychiatric symptoms and disorders and functioning in young adults: a large-scale epidemiological study in Hong Kong.

Study Objectives: No study has yet examined the prevalence of frequent nightmares in representative youth populations in Asia and how they may contribute to future mental health risks. We aimed to fill this gap using data from a large-scale household-based youth sample in Hong Kong.

Methods: Participants were consecutively recruited from a large-scale epidemiological youth mental health study in Hong Kong (n = 3132).

Social context and loneliness in an epidemiological youth sample using the Experience Sampling Method.

Background: Previous research has shown the relationship between loneliness and affect, as well as the relationship between trait loneliness and state loneliness. However, none has investigated how social context affects the association between loneliness and affect. The current study aims to examine the association between trait loneliness, state loneliness and momentary affects in different social contexts.

Visual-stress-related cortical excitability as a prospective marker for symptoms of depression and anxiety in young people.

Visual stress is thought to reflect cortical excitability and has been associated with many neurological, neuropsychiatric, and neurodevelopmental conditions. However, its relationships with symptoms of depression and anxiety have not yet been elucidated. We conducted two separate studies to first examine visual stress in a longitudinal community sample of 104 participants (aged 12-24) in association with prospective symptoms of depression, anxiety, and distress after 3 months, and subsequently in a cross-sectional epidemiological sample of 530 participants (aged 15-24) to validate its associations with current mood and distress symptoms.

LevelMind@JC: Development and evaluation of a community early intervention program for young people in Hong Kong.

Aim: Hong Kong's existing mental health services are inadequate in addressing young people's needs. The LevelMind@JC project established an early intervention platform of community-based youth-specific mental health centres involving youth workers, cross-disciplinary professionals, and young people. The project intends to (1) pilot a community platform that incorporates a youth-friendly early screening tool with preventative intervention capabilities, (2) set up a state-of-the-art training system for youth mental health workers, (3) establish a community clinical support team and (4) develop a timely evaluation system to monitor the service and evaluate its outcome and cost-effectiveness against generic youth services.

A multifaceted approach in promoting positive mental health culture in Hong Kong secondary schools: The Mindshift educational networking programme.

Aim: Many young people with mental health problems refuse to seek help because of stigma and leave the problem untreated. Previous research suggests that contact interventions with education could improve the stigma of mental illness in young people, thereby encouraging help-seeking in distress. The current study examined the effectiveness of a multifaceted programme, the Mindshift educational networking programme (MENP), in promoting a positive mental health culture in Hong Kong secondary schools.

LevelMind@JC hubs-a novel community-based youth mental wellness early intervention in Hong Kong: An evaluation of stakeholders' perceptions and experiences.

Objectives: LevelMind@JC youth mental wellness hubs have been launched as a novel early intervention initiative to mitigate the inevitable youth mental health problems in Hong Kong in 2019. The present study investigated the perceptions and experiences of these hubs amonst three key stakeholders, namely hub youths, hub carers of youths and hub staff.

Method: An online survey assessing the perceptions and experiences of hubs on 6 major domains (e.

Mindfulness-based interventions with youth: A comprehensive meta-analysis of group-design studies.

The treatment effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) with youth were synthesized from 76 studies involving 6121 participants. A total of 885 effect sizes were aggregated using meta-regression with robust variance estimation. Overall, MBIs were associated with small treatment effects in studies using pre-post (g=0.

Plasma clozapine levels and clinical response in treatment-refractory Chinese schizophrenic patients.

Purpose: To evaluate clinical efficacy of clozapine in relation with its plasma level in a group of Chinese patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. In addition, the relationship between plasma level and side effects were examined.

Method: Fifty-one patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia were put on a fixed dose of clozapine at 300 mg/day for 6 weeks.