Comprehensive Mental Health Services in Hong Kong

1. 都市有情 香港的臨牀心理學家

3. Most people seek help from family or friends • Only 10% consult professional

4. What kinds of people will consult clinical psychologist? Slight – people with slight emotional problems Severe – people with severe emotional problems Schizo – Schizophrenic patients Anxiety – People with chronic anxiety Anti-social – people who are anti-social

5. Targets • Ordinary people • Patient will chronic illness • Patient with anxiety, depression • Patient with severe mental disorder • Patient with psychopathology

7. Service Area

8. Service Area • Psychological Assessment • Psychotherapy and Counseling • Consultation and Staff training • Research

9. Psychiatric service in hospitals • Target: in/out patients (usually referred by doctors) • Services: • provide psychological interventions to patients who confronted with mood or behavioral problems.

10. Psychological assessment in hospitals • Target: children and elderly • Services: • Conduct psychological assessment for children on cognitive development • Promote psychological well-being of elderly

11. Rehabilitation centre • Target: patients • Services: • Enhance the rehabilitation process of patients with chronic pain/illness, stroke, and the mentally handicapped etc.

12. NGOs • Provide Clinical Psychological Services • psychological assessment • psychotherapy to individuals in need to help them to overcome their crises and problems.

13. Social Welfare Department • Clinical psychological service

14. Tertiary Institution • Personal Development and Counseling Center • Students and Staff

15. Private Practice

16. Targets: • Criminals, their family members, staff Services: • Provide psychotherapy for criminals, such as youth offenders and criminals with long term imprisonment • Organize staff training and conduct research • Offer psychological and forensic assessments of remand prisoners & sex offenders

17. Targets: • Police, their family members Services: • Provide psychological support service to after open fire or emergency incidents • Conduct research on police workload

18. What are the difference between clinical psychologists and psychiatrists? A – Psychiatrists can claim themselves as doctors while clinical psychologists cannot B – Psychiatrists deal with schizophrenics while clinical psychologists cannot C – Psychiatrists can prescribe medicine while clinical psychologists cannot D – Psychiatrists involve in mental health care while clinical psychologists do not

19. Differences between Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists • Psychiatrists • medically trained Doctors who have chosen to specialise in treating mental disorders. • The only ones qualified to prescribe medication. • Some have undergone extra training in therapy and offer similar things to psychologists or psychotherapists.

20. Differences between Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists • Clinical Psychologists • Obtained a Psychology degree • Who qualified to offer therapy are usually called Clinical Psychologists • Usually trained in a variety of different therapies.

21. Stress of Clinical Psychologists

22. Do you think clinical psychologist is a profession that is confronted with great pressure?

23. Gain and Lost

24. The film 【無間道】

25. 有沒有「心理醫生」這種專業？ • 在香港，根本沒有「心理醫生」這種專業。 很多人混淆了精神科醫生(psychiatrist) 和臨床心理學家 (clinical psychologist) 的名稱。 臨床心理學家不是醫生，不能亦不會自稱「心理醫生」。

26. Reasons to be a Clinical Psychologist

27. Career Path

28. Clinical PsychologistMaster of Clinical Psychology working experience Bachelor’s Degree (Major in Psychology) or other Bachelor Degree + Postgraduate certificate of Psychology (PC Psy)

29. Schools which offer Master of Clinical Psychology in Hong Kong

30. Master of Social Science in the field of Clinical Psychology

31. Requirement • Personal statement • Interview

32. M.S.Sc. Degree Programme in Clinical Psychology

33. Personality and skills • Maturity • Good analytical Skills • Capable to cope with stress • Innovation • Influential (有感染力) • Energetic • emotional stability • patient

34. sensitive to others needs • listening • humble • respectful • outgoing • keen to cope with difficulties • good communication skills

35. Income • Public: monthly salary • Private: hourly rate

36. Opportunity in China

37. China market • “Public sector postings in mainland China are not currently open to Hong Kong clinical psychologists” • "There is a huge potential for demand, but only limited qualified personnel are available," • "Therefore, some of the private practitioners in Hong Kong do go to China to conduct such kinds of workshop."