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Comment and Review of Youth Mental Health Service in Hong Kong
Professor Kam-shing YIPDepartment of Applied Social ScienceThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
E-mail: [email protected]
A Lesson from the U.S.A
The vulnerable group The continuum of care Effective Intervention Related Professionals
The vulnerable group in Hong Kong A trend of increase in substance abuse and
substance induced mental illness (dual diagnosis) Victim of family violence and abuse Examination stress, Depression and anxiety
disorder Internet addiction and social isolation School Bullying and first onset schizophrenia Loss of attachment and Borderline Personality
Disorder Sex transmitted Disease and Gender identity
problems (Co-morbidity of Mental illness)
The continuum of care in Hong Kong The problem of mixing with adults with chronic mental
illness in institutionalized services The problem of disease oriented medical treatment,
hospitalization detoxification, harm reduction and social control
The future and career of young adult chronic homeless mental patient
Fragmented case management system (every party care or no one care)
Dichotomization of service (service for adults with chronic mental illness vs service for youth free from mental illness)
Insufficient articulation of community integration, normalization of youth with mental health problems
Effectiveness of Intervention in Hong Kong Strengths Based Intervention Vs Problem/ Disease
Orientation Intervention Client subjective experience Vs Problem based objective
assessment and control Adult private practice model Vs adolescent public service
model Involvement of parents and significant others in
Intervention Vs Victimization of youth and adolescents in mental health problem
Common factors of psychotherapy (empathy, relationship, client motivation) vs specific skills and techniques in intervention model
A touch of cultural difference and youth subcultures A note of effectiveness (client, worker, parent, short term,
long term, holistic or scale oriented effectiveness articulation)
Related Professionals in Hong Kong Multidisciplinary Vs Mon-disciplinary
team Dynamics and cooperation in
multidisciplinary team Medicalization, bureaucratization and
Legalization of social work professionals Insufficient training and competence in
working with adolescents and youths with mental health problem
A Note on Dilemmas of Future Development
Crisis Intervention Vs/& Holistic Development
Individual Services Vs/& Multidimensional Services
Disease oriented Intervention Vs/& Strengths Based Intervention
Private Adult Practice Model Vs/& Youth public service intervention model
Resource Consuming Model Vs/& Resource Generation Models
