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  • CNN – Tackling Mental Health Stigma in Asia

    Karen Lau, a Hong Kong-based clinical psychologist with mental health initiative Mind HK, said addressing mental health in Asia comes with unique challenges.

    “In Asian contexts, many cultures tend to uphold values such as honor, pride, and a concept of face,” she said. “Mental illness is usually viewed and judged as a sign of weakness and a source of shame for the family.”

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  • MSF trains foreign domestic helpers in HK for psychosocial support in this hour of need

    “Mental health needs, unlike physical health, can be trickier to detect because of the seemingly invisible presentation of these symptoms. The entrenched stigma of mental illness in Asian societies makes it even more challenging for these needs to be addressed,” said Karen Lau, MSF Mental Health Supervisor.

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  • What is borderline personality disorder, and how can you help friends and family cope?

    Supporting someone with BPD can be distressing, though. Make sure you’re aware of your own limits, and take a break when you feel you need to.

    “Frame this as your own self-care and part of a healthy relationship – not a rejection or criticism,” Lau adds. “Your own self-acceptance and self-care is a powerful model for the person you are supporting.”

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  • "Being unfilial condemns you to Hell": Integrative treatment for social anxiety shaped by domestic abuse, Confucian values and Taoist beliefs

    Lau KCK & Sündermann O. Clinical Case Studies 18, 128-142.

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  • Demographic correlates of medication knowledge in Hong Kong psychosis patients

    Lau KCK, Lee EHM, Hui CLM, Chang WC, Chan SKW & Chen EYH. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 12, 107-112.

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  • Psychosis patients' knowledge, adherence and attitudes towards the naming of antipsychotic medication in Hong Kong

    Lau KCK, Lee EHM, Hui CLM, Chang WC, Chan SKW & Chen EYH. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 9, 422-427.

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  • 無國界醫生 兒童適應焦慮 網上分享會

    MSF Child Adjustment Anxiety Webinar

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  • 無國界醫生 兒童社交焦慮 網上分享會

    MSF Child Social Anxiety Webinar

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  • 無國界醫生 兒童健康焦慮 網上分享會

    MSF Child Health Anxiety Webinar

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  • 無國界醫生推繪本 教兒童「疫」轉情緒

    無國界醫生臨牀心理學家劉祉君（Karen）指，有研究顯示學生在疫情下更容易產生焦慮症狀。

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  • South China Morning Post – A mental health epidemic too?

    Meanwhile, experts have observed a growing number of Hong Kong employees choosing to quit their jobs because of stress and burnout during the pandemic.

    "These are certainly challenges affecting people in Hong Kong, which has some of the longest working hours and some of the strictest social-distancing measures worldwide," said Karen Lau, a clinical adviser from Mind HK.

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