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HKU Suicide Prevention Warning System Triggered for First Time; Professor Paul Yip Urges Public Action
HKU Suicide Prevention Warning System Triggered for First Time; Professor Paul Yip Urges Public Action
香港大學人口研究中心研討會系列:「香港人口議題研討會:實例與政策」 香港大學人口研究中心與團結香港基金合辦研討會 探討本港老齡化、移民及生育率議題 ——了解變局,尋求對策
香港大學人口研究中心研討會系列:「香港人口議題研討會:實例與政策」 香港大學人口研究中心與團結香港基金合辦研討會 探討本港老齡化、移民及生育率議題 ——了解變局,尋求對策
亞洲專業談判聯盟2026年度論壇在港舉行
亞洲專業談判聯盟2026年度論壇在港舉行
Symposium Co-organised by HKU Faculty of Social Sciences Research Hub of Population Studies and Our Hong Kong Foundation: Navigating Ageing, Migration, and Fertility Issues in Hong Kong — Understanding Changes, Elevating Policy Strategies
Symposium Co-organised by HKU Faculty of Social Sciences Research Hub of Population Studies and Our Hong Kong Foundation: Navigating Ageing, Migration, and Fertility Issues in Hong Kong — Understanding Changes, Elevating Policy Strategies

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The role of loneliness in mediating the relationship between financial strain and mental health: Exploring gender differences in a UK longitudinal study
Publications
This study explores the association between financial strain and loneliness over time, investigates loneliness as a mediator in the relationship…
The role of loneliness in mediating the relationship between financial strain and mental health: Exploring gender differences in a UK longitudinal study
Neighborhood environmental conditions and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis in Hong Kong adults
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Neighborhood environmental conditions (NEC) refer to various environmental factors that are associated with individuals’ well-being (WB). Most existing studies, however,…
Neighborhood environmental conditions and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis in Hong Kong adults
The development and validation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teacher Social-Emotional Competence (MATSEC) in East Asian school contexts
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There is a growing consensus that teachers? social-emotional competence (T-SEC) is crucial for their own well-being and students? social and…
The development and validation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teacher Social-Emotional Competence (MATSEC) in East Asian school contexts
The association between financial strain and mental health: The mediating and moderating roles of sleep problems in the UK household longitudinal study (UKHLS)
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Financial strain is a well-documented stressor that negatively affects mental health, yet the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain insufficiently understood.…
The association between financial strain and mental health: The mediating and moderating roles of sleep problems in the UK household longitudinal study (UKHLS)
Unpacking the Association Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Disorders Among Older Adults
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Previous research shows a negative correlation between food insecurity and mental health, but limited exploration exists among older adults. This…
Unpacking the Association Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Disorders Among Older Adults
Intolerance of uncertainty, aging, and anxiety and mental health concerns: A scoping review and meta-analysis
Publications
Although intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is associated with negative outcomes, studies focusing on older adults are still emerging. Specifically, the…
Intolerance of uncertainty, aging, and anxiety and mental health concerns: A scoping review and meta-analysis
Supported Mindfulness-Based Self-Help Intervention as an Adjunctive Treatment for Rapid Symptom Change in Emotional Disorders: A Practice-Oriented Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
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Rapid symptom relief is crucial for individuals with emotional disorders. The current study aimed to determine whether facilitator-supported mindfulness-based self-help…
Supported Mindfulness-Based Self-Help Intervention as an Adjunctive Treatment for Rapid Symptom Change in Emotional Disorders: A Practice-Oriented Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Childhood Housing Condition and Old Age Health Among Chinese: The Mediation Role of Adulthood Socioeconomic and Medical History
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Guided by the lifecourse perspective and social determinants of health framework, this study examined the association of childhood housing with…
Childhood Housing Condition and Old Age Health Among Chinese: The Mediation Role of Adulthood Socioeconomic and Medical History

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Student suicide risk remains high: expert

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Mental Health

The number of student suicide cases in Hong Kong remained at a high level, according to a member of the Advisory Committee on Mental Health, Paul Yip.

Student suicide risk remains high: expert
周永新:市民摸不着頭腦的經濟和民生數字

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Insights

【明報文章】政府最近公布的一系列經濟和民生數字,市民聽來總覺得不知如何理解。不是說這些數字的真確性有問題,而是這些數字彼此並不配合,有些看來更互相矛盾,例如說經濟好了,失業率卻不跌反升。最令市民感到困惑的是,一些數字所表達的情况,於現實環境裏卻看不到,例如說來港設立公司的新增企業數字創新高,寫字樓空置率卻居高不下,街上的空舖也隨處可見。

周永新:市民摸不着頭腦的經濟和民生數字
遊戲治療質素參差 港未設註冊制度 疫後需求飆升 學員誤以為讀幾日課可執業

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Therapy

遊戲治療是非入侵性的兒童情緒輔導方式,近年在港漸趨普及。除社會福利署支援特殊需要兒童外,坊間不乏私人基金資助非政府機構提供服務。有註冊遊戲治療師指,疫後服務需求增加,惟香港未有註冊制度,服務質素參差;有學者說,部分課程缺乏專業倫理元素,未說明職業階梯,令學員誤信完成數日課程即可執業。有業內人士指,遊戲治療仍處起步、探索和優化階段,持份者要加深了解,若日後得官方註冊資格,有望推動跨專業合作,更有效支援有需要的家庭。

遊戲治療質素參差 港未設註冊制度 疫後需求飆升 學員誤以為讀幾日課可執業
學者籲重新對準服務?宏觀角度建兒童友好城市

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Mental Health

香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系講座教授葉兆輝指,疫情打亂日常生活,至今仍未復常,「學生重返校園,與以往也有點不一樣。」疫後屢有學童輕生,他指,細看學童的遺書,會感到一絲絕望,兒童缺乏社會參與感,感覺被遺忘,「到底成年人做了甚麼,才會令一個12、13歲的青少年失去希望和生活興趣?」

學者籲重新對準服務?宏觀角度建兒童友好城市
港難覓歡姻 剩男剩女194萬人

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Gender

香港單身族愈來愈多,擇偶又往往拒絕「自降身價」。最新公布的《香港的女性及男性–主要統計數字(2025年版)》報告更顯示,本港單身族正在急升,根據2022年至2024年的3年與婚姻人口數據,期內從未結婚的15歲及以上人口由2022年的188.5萬人,升至2024年的193.6萬人,「無婚族」3年內淨增長逾5萬;同期喪偶、離婚及分居人口亦從82.4萬人升至87.5萬人,即回復單身族者亦增加了5.1萬人。社會學者形容港人不願結婚、懼怕負擔的情況嚴重,估計與經濟、教育及香港整體環境有關,談到未來結婚及新生人口會否回升,他悲觀地說:「根本低處未算低」。有議員則認為政府應重新審視政策,關注包括高齡單身人士在內的各類有需要群體。

港難覓歡姻 剩男剩女194萬人
專家強調傾訴是打破人生困局第一步

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Mental Health

除了昨日的悲劇,荃灣悅來酒店上月27日也發生「四屍命案」,曾任職多個紀律部隊的37歲男子疑受情緒病折磨,涉嫌在客房內持刀謀殺妻子和兩名兒子,繼而從窗戶跳下墮樓身亡;一名女子本月11日在深水埗長沙灣道一單位內涉嫌謀殺85歲母親,以及患有唐氏綜合症的48歲胞弟,最終被捕。倫常慘劇近期接連發生,專家擔憂成為「傳染病」,強調萬事總有解決方法,切勿採取極端手法。
憂倫常慘劇變「傳染病」

專家強調傾訴是打破人生困局第一步
逾半港人童年遇逆境 比例遠超全球

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Mental Health

香港文匯報訊(記者 費小燁)絕大部分人都曾遇過逆境,香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系助理教授暨賽馬會跨步彩虹計劃首席研究員李嘉惠發表一項研究,顯示53%受訪成年香港居民曾經歷過至少一種童年逆境經驗(ACE),比例遠高於全球平均的38.8%。受訪者最常遇過的ACE形式包括情緒忽視(32.5%)、情緒虐待(30.8%)和身體虐待(14.2%)。李嘉惠指出,統計學上顯示曾經歷過ACE者,使用暴力管教子女的行為是未經歷過者的兩倍,建議特區政府及社會各界通過早期介入與社區支援,及早識別和支援高風險家庭與新手父母,同時加強公眾對ACE及其長期影響的意識與教育。

逾半港人童年遇逆境 比例遠超全球
HKU Social Work and Social Administration research reveals long-term impact of adverse childhood experiences and pathways to Healing

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Children

Professor Carrie K.W. Li, Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Principal Investigator of the “JC Project Stride”, has released her latest research study titled “Adverse Childhood Experience Is Not My Fault”. This study is part of the “JC Project Stride”, organised by Harmony House and funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, aiming to explore the prevalence, long-term effects, and intergenerational impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Hong Kong, and offer actionable policy recommendations.

HKU Social Work and Social Administration research reveals long-term impact of adverse childhood experiences and pathways to Healing
周永新:提升長者生活質素的銀髮經濟

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Insights

【明報文章】今年5月27日,以政務司副司長卓永興為首的工作組,公布了一系列關於促進銀髮經濟的措施。行政長官李家超於去年施政報告提出:由於老年人口數目迅速增加,政府應協助商界把握銀髮經濟的機遇,積極開拓為長者而設的產品和服務。現在工作組推出的措施,正是要落實行政長官去年的建議,並且詳細列明各政策局分擔的責任,表明政府推動銀髮經濟的決心。

原文網址:https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e8%a7%80%e9%bb%9e/article/20250801/s00012/1753978700256

周永新:提升長者生活質素的銀髮經濟
周永新:認真面對市民消費形態的轉變

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Insights

【明報文章】去年6月我在這裏寫了一篇文章(註),談論的是疫情過後市面會否回復往日興旺。那時我的結論是︰社會出現了巨大變化,市民生活方式已不一樣,就算市面恢復疫情前的人流,也不能期望消費返回以前水平。

原文網址:https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e8%a7%80%e9%bb%9e/article/20250704/s00012/1751559473436

周永新:認真面對市民消費形態的轉變
黃金時代基金會「金齡生活調查」發現:四分一金齡人士擬移居退休 14%曾北上求醫 銀髮政策「銀色消費」「財務保障」最受關注

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Ageing

隨着香港社會邁向老齡化,「黃金一代」金齡人士(45 歲或以上人士)積極為人生下半場部署。黃金時代基金會連同香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系榮休教授陳麗雲分享最新「金齡生活調查」成果,發現約四分之一金齡受訪者認真考慮移居到內地或海外退休,反映移居已成為金齡人士退休規劃的主要選項之一;另有 14% 受訪者曾赴內地就醫,顯示部分金齡人士開始探索跨境醫療

黃金時代基金會「金齡生活調查」發現:四分一金齡人士擬移居退休 14%曾北上求醫 銀髮政策「銀色消費」「財務保障」最受關注
HKU scholar advocates for attracting foreign seniors to boost silver economy

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Ageing

A scholar has asserted that the primary focus of developing a silver economy should not be to encourage local consumption among the elderly but rather to attract senior citizens from other regions to visit Hong Kong for consumption purposes.

HKU scholar advocates for attracting foreign seniors to boost silver economy
林一星︰銀髮經濟吸引外地長者來港消費更重要

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Ageing

政府早前公布30項促進銀色經濟措施,包括推動樂齡科技和長者消費等。港大社會工作及社會行政學系教授林一星認為,吸引外地長者旅客來港消費和參與銀色經濟更重要。

林一星︰銀髮經濟吸引外地長者來港消費更重要
Hong Kong launches HK$290 million project to offer end-of-life care to disabled

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End-of-life care

A HK$290 million (US$36.9 million) support project has been launched to provide end-of-life care to Hong Kong’s disabled residents, with organisers expressing hope that it will plug a critical service gap while empowering the community.

The five-year initiative, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, is expected to serve more than 3,000 physically and intellectually disabled people, those in mental recovery and about 4,000 carers, and builds on a decade-long support project targeting the elderly.

Professor Amy Chow Yin-man, project director and head of the department of social work and social administration at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), said on Monday that the end-of-life care model for the disabled was underdeveloped worldwide.

“In the past, there was little space for end-of-life care for disabled people because many were diagnosed with a terminal illness very late … primarily due to struggles in communicating their health conditions,” she said.

“But their needs started to be seen and catered to when their life expectancy grew longer, and more societal resources were available.”

Under the new scheme, frontline workers from 10 non-governmental organisations started receiving training from mid-2024 to deliver support services, ranging from advance care planning to life and death education, primarily in care home settings.

Patients will be guided to express their preferences in areas such as personal goals and treatment expectations, and in making advance directives for refusing life-sustaining procedures such as resuscitation and artificial feeding and hydration when they are dying.

Other services include honouring clients’ final wishes, facilitating communication with family members and providing bereavement support.

Chow hoped the project would facilitate long-term policy planning by providing more evidence of the advantages of effective end-of-life care, such as reducing healthcare costs by avoiding unnecessary hospitalisation.

The city’s legislature passed a bill in November 2024 that gave legal status to a document allowing patients to reject certain end-of-life care treatments. The new law will take effect in mid-2026.

According to the 2021 census, Hong Kong had 530,000 people with physical disabilities or in mental recovery, 70 per cent of whom were aged over 50 years. The mentally disabled population was estimated to be between 77,000 and 90,000.

The project team estimated that 3,800 to 4,900 disabled residents were in need of palliative and end-of-life care.

Link: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3314625/jockey-club-launches-project-bring-end-life-care-disabled-hongkongers

Hong Kong launches HK$290 million project to offer end-of-life care to disabled
全球學者排名 港大5教授稱冠亞洲 12人膺前百名科學家

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Honours

國際學術網站Research.com早前公布本年度全球學者排名,香港大學有12名學者獲選前100名科學家,當中5名在其各自領域內排行亞洲第一,包括校長張翔、微生物學系講座教授袁國勇。

全球學者排名 港大5教授稱冠亞洲 12人膺前百名科學家
{守護自殺者達人}黃蔚澄 自殺意圖有迹可尋 從追因到預防 創傷後成長

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Mental Health

【明報專訊】上周三訪問香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系副教授黃蔚澄,天陰下雨,香港天文台預測本周或颱風逼近,天氣陰晴不定就如人的情緒。記者路過一書店,見門口書枱有九成書與精神健康有關,想到黃蔚澄說整個社會籠罩着的負面氣氛。除了近年大眾關注的學童自殺潮,最近有中小學老師疑不堪壓力自殺,記者好奇尋因以外,自殺有何預防之道,便問研究自殺議題20多年的黃蔚澄,人的自殺意圖是否有迹可尋?

{守護自殺者達人}黃蔚澄 自殺意圖有迹可尋 從追因到預防 創傷後成長
葉兆輝指要勞動人口續改善 必須設法減少移出人數及留住移入人口

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Population Studies

統計處公布,本港去年年底人口臨時數字為750萬3100人,較前年同期增加30500人,升幅0.4%。期內亦錄得51700名香港居民淨移入、即是移入人數多於移出。

葉兆輝指要勞動人口續改善 必須設法減少移出人數及留住移入人口
周永新:公營房屋、醫療、福利改革之路

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Insights

【明報文章】今年財政預算案從發表到通過,經過兩個月時間,並沒有得到市民太大關注。原因之一,是預算案並無提出重大的財政改變;之二是今年預算案重點放在日趨嚴峻的政府財政赤字,市民對於政府如何開源和節流,除了一般性的評論,實難有具體意見。

周永新:公營房屋、醫療、福利改革之路
47.4%自殺者親友創傷後壓力近臨界線 生命熱線籲社會關注需要

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Mental Health

自殺不僅終結個人生命,也令親友備受內疚、被拋棄感煎熬,並不斷探究自殺者原因。生命熱線周二(27日)發布「賽馬會釋心同行計劃」的研究報告顯示,56.2%自殺者親友由於悲傷,導致在生活上出現中度至重度功能損害;47.4%創傷後壓力(PTS) 接近臨界線,當中又以女性親友所受影響較大。

47.4%自殺者親友創傷後壓力近臨界線 生命熱線籲社會關注需要
Nearly half of Hongkongers who lost loved ones to suicide at high risk of PTSD, survey shows

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Mental Health

Nearly half of Hongkongers who lost their loved ones to suicide are at high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a survey has found.

Nearly half of Hongkongers who lost loved ones to suicide at high risk of PTSD, survey shows