Publications by authors named "Sammy Kin Wing Cheng"
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- Self-help cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a low-intensity treatment that was tested on a Chinese population struggling with insomnia for at least three months.
- Participants were divided into three groups: those receiving self-help CBT-I with telephone support, those receiving self-help CBT-I without support, and a waiting list control.
- Results showed that both self-help groups had improved sleep efficiency and reduced insomnia symptoms after treatment, with the phone support group seeing even greater benefits, and the effects were maintained for 12 weeks despite a 35% dropout rate.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of disease severity, corticosteroids and social factors on neuropsychiatric complaints in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients, both during acute and convalescent phases.
Subjects And Methods: Self-administered mail questionnaires survey to 308 SARS patients after discharging from hospital. Both patients and their families were asked about symptoms related to various neuropsychiatric domains, and the questions covered both acute and convalescent phases.
In February 2003, Hong Kong was hit by a community-wide outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). During the period of the outbreak, 10 patients with SARS with psychiatric complications were referred to our Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry Team for assessment and management. We found that both the direct and indirect effects of SARS such as symptom severity, total isolation during treatment and administration of steroid were probable causes of psychiatric complications.
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