Transition to residential care: experiences of elderly Chinese people in Hong Kong

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1118-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana T.F. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Elderly Chinese

scholarly journals Experience of stigma among Chinese mental health patients in Hong Kong

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 451-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. Chung ◽  
M. C. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
The People ◽  
Mental Health Patients ◽  
Stigma Of Mental Illness

Aims and MethodThe study was intended to rectify the lack of data on how Chinese people experience the stigma of mental illness. A questionnaire on perceived stigmatisation, experiences of rejection and ways of coping with stigma was completed by 193 persons attending a psychiatric out-patient clinic in Hong Kong.ResultsMost of the participants were aware of the stigma associated with mental illness, but experiences of rejection were relatively less frequent. Eleven per cent of the respondents indicated that they were neglected by health care professionals and 8% had been avoided by family members. The most frequently reported coping method was maintaining secrecy about the illness.Clinical ImplicationsIn China, people with mental health problems experience stigma in various degrees. However, some of the people surveyed expressed feelings of relief that others were supportive and sympathetic towards their illness. Mental health professionals should maintain optimism in helping their patients to cope with the stigma.

Smoking and mortality in a prospective cohort study of elderly Chinese in Hong Kong

Addiction ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tai H. Lam ◽  
Lin Xu ◽  
C. Mary Schooling ◽  
Wai M. Chan ◽  
Siu Y. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Prospective Cohort Study ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Elderly Chinese
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