The Hong Kong mental morbidity survey: background and study design

L C W Lam; W C Chan; C S M Wong; E Y H Chen; R M K Ng; E H M Lee; W C Chang; S F Hung; E F C Cheung; P C Sham; H F K Chiu; M Lam; T P Chiang; J van Os; J T F Lau; G Lewis; P Bebbington; Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey Team

The Hong Kong mental morbidity survey: background and study design

L C W Lam, W C Chan, C S M Wong, E Y H Chen, R M K Ng, E H M Lee, W C Chang, S F Hung, E F C Cheung, P C Sham, H F K Chiu, M Lam, T P Chiang, J van Os, J T F Lau, G Lewis, P Bebbington, Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey Team

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Abstract

Mental disorders are highly prevalent conditions with immense disease burden. To inform health and social services policy formulation, local psychiatric epidemiological data are required. The Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey is a 3-year population-based study in which 5700 community-dwelling Chinese adults aged between 16 and 75 years were interviewed with the aim of evaluating the prevalence, co-morbidity, functional impairment, physical morbidity, and social determinants of significant mental disorders in the population. This paper describes the background and design of the survey, and is the first territory-wide psychiatric epidemiological study in Hong Kong.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-6
Number of pages	7
Journal	East Asian archives of psychiatry : official journal of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists = Dong Ya jing shen ke xue zhi : Xianggang jing shen ke yi xue yuan qi kan
Volume	24
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Comorbidity
Female
Health Surveys
Hong Kong
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Young Adult

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Lam, L. C. W., Chan, W. C., Wong, C. S. M., Chen, E. Y. H., Ng, R. M. K., Lee, E. H. M., Chang, W. C., Hung, S. F., Cheung, E. F. C., Sham, P. C., Chiu, H. F. K., Lam, M., Chiang, T. P., van Os, J., Lau, J. T. F., Lewis, G., Bebbington, P., & Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey Team (2014). The Hong Kong mental morbidity survey: background and study design. East Asian archives of psychiatry : official journal of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists = Dong Ya jing shen ke xue zhi : Xianggang jing shen ke yi xue yuan qi kan, 24(1), 30-6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24676485/

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The Hong Kong mental morbidity survey: background and study design. / Lam, L C W; Chan, W C; Wong, C S M et al.
In: East Asian archives of psychiatry : official journal of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists = Dong Ya jing shen ke xue zhi : Xianggang jing shen ke yi xue yuan qi kan, Vol. 24, No. 1, 03.2014, p. 30-6.

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