Mental Health Issues

Self-Help Resources

Please refer to the following list on topics which might be of interest to you. Do bear in mind that the information contained on our Self-Help Resources is not intended as a substitute for professional help. If you would like to seek psychological counselling, please call 3442 8478 or 3442 8035 to make an appointment with one of the counsellors.   Chat Point, The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong:  https://chatpoint.org.hk/ Open Up – 24 hour: https://www.openup.hk/service  Whatsapp: 9101 2012 Utouch: https://utouch.hk/ Whatsapp: 6277 8899 LevelMind@JC:  https://levelmind.hk/

Depression

Information

• 青山醫院精神健康學院 The Institute of Mental Health, Castle Peak Hospital:

  https://www3.ha.org.hk/cph/imh/tc/mental-health-info/2/3/3/depression

Fact Sheets

• 香港衛生署 Department of Health, Hong Kong:
  https://www.chp.gov.hk/tc/features/47936.html#whd2017-material-general
• 香港衛生署學生健康服務 Student Health Service, the Department of Health, Hong Kong:
  https://www.studenthealth.gov.hk/english/emotional_health_tips/eht_eh/eht_eh.html

Videos

• 森美：好好愛錫自己 Sammy Leung: Love Yourself:
  https://youtu.be/XAHi6XhEDdc
• I had a black dog, his name was depression:
  https://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc (English Only)

Bipolar Disorder

Information

• 青山醫院精神健康學院 The Institute of Mental Health, Castle Peak Hospital:

  https://www3.ha.org.hk/cph/imh/tc/mental-health-info/2/3/2/bipolar-affective-disorder

Fact Sheets

• The National Institute of Mental Health, US:
  https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder#:~:text=Bipolar%20Disorder-,What%20is%20bipolar%20disorder%3F,day%2Dto%2Dday%20tasks (English Only)

Panic Disorder & Agoraphobia

Information

• 青山醫院精神健康學院 The Institute of Mental Health, Castle Peak Hospital:

  https://www3.ha.org.hk/cph/imh/tc/mental-health-info/2/3/6/panic-disorder

Fact Sheets

• The National Health Service, UK:
  https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/panic-disorder/ (English Only) 
  https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/agoraphobia/ (English Only) 

Social Anxiety Disorder

Information

• 基督教聯合那打素社區社康服務情緒健康輔導服務 United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service Emotional Health & Counselling Service:

  http://www.ucep.org.hk/cognition/social_phobia.htm

Fact Sheets

• The National Institute of Mental Health, US:
  https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/social-anxiety-disorder-more-than-just-shyness#:~:text=A%20person%20with%20social%20anxiety,a%20cashier%20in%20a%20store (English Only) 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Information

• 青山醫院精神健康學院The Institute of Mental Health, Castle Peak Hospital:

  https://www3.ha.org.hk/cph/imh/tc/mental-health-info/2/3/5/obsessive-compulsive-disorder

Fact Sheets

• The National Institute of Mental Health, US:
  https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd (English Only) 

Suicide

Information

• 香港撒瑪利亞防止自殺會 The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong:
  https://sbhk.org.hk/?page_id=34091(Chinese Only)

Fact Sheets

• WHO:
  https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide (English Only)

Videos

• 最後一天:
  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1688662994481795
• 香港撒瑪利亞防止自殺會 The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong:

  https://youtu.be/CjC1LRYdq1s (Chinese Only)

Eating Disorders

Information

• 香港進食失調康復會 Hong Kong Eating Disorders Association:
  http://heda-hk.org/
• 香港進食失調中心 Hong Kong Eating Disorders Center:
  http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/med/hedc/ (Chinese Only)

Fact Sheets

• 香港進食失調康復會 Hong Kong Eating Disorders Association:
  http://heda-hk.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&p=115
• The National Institute of Mental Health, US:
  https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders/index.shtml (English Only)
• The National Eating Disorders Association, US:
  https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/information-eating-disorder (English Only)

Videos

• The National Eating Disorders Association, US:
  https://youtu.be/LhCntzXAcA4 (English Only)
• 東華三院 Radioicare:
  https://youtu.be/1_2qeZBa8Z0 (Cantonese Only)

Substance Addiction

Treatment and Services

• 香港保安局禁毒處 The Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau, Hong Kong:
  https://www.nd.gov.hk/en/treatment.htm
• Addiction Friend Hong Kong: Addiction Services in Hong Kong
  https://addictionfriend.com/local/hong-kong/

Information

• 東華三院越峰成長中心, 解毒資訊站:
  https://crosscentre.tungwahcsd.org/youth01_01.html

Fact Sheets

• WHO:
  https://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/substance-abuse (English Only)

Videos

• 大麻煩 Big Trouble, 香港戒毒會 The Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers:
  https://youtu.be/v5Pol5Jte4c

Psychosis

Information

• 「思覺失調」服務計劃 E.A.S.Y.:
  https://www3.ha.org.hk/easy/chi/service.html

Fact Sheets

• 青山醫院精神健康學院 The Institute of Mental Health, Castle Peak Hospital:
  https://www3.ha.org.hk/cph/imh/tc/mental-health-info/2/3/1/psychosis
• 思覺基金 Early Psychosis Foundation (EPISO):
  www.episo.org/思覺失調 (Cantonese Only)

Videos

• 愛思覺 iPEP:
  https://youtu.be/-ueaSku3s2Q

Managing Emotions Related to Social Unrest

• Living with Anger (in Cantonese and with sign language) 情緒編-於憤怒共處:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWKlbTLYpxg
• Intergeneration Conflict (in Cantonese and with sign language) 溝通編-兩代矛盾:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O4Tp_w3gJs
• 一家人政見不同點算好？(In Cantonese):
  https://www.facebook.com/eduhkccfs/posts/2411740509111553/
• Managing stress related to political change (In English):
  https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/political-change
• The great unknown: 10 tips for dealing with the stress of uncertainty (In English):
  https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/uncertainty
• 5 Ways to Get Your Unwanted Emotions Under Control (in English):
  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201502/5-ways-get-your-unwanted-emotions-under-control