Report on Institute of Mental Health Castle Peak Hospital January – June 2016
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Report on Institute of Mental Health Castle Peak Hospital January – June 2016 Contents Page No. I. Mission ……………………………………………………………… P. 1 II. Membership of the IMH Board and the Executive Committee ….…. P. 1 – 2 III. Organisation Chart of the IMH……………………..……………..… P. 3 IV. Overview of Programmes Conducted by the IMH…………..……… P. 4 – 18 (January – June 2016) V. Statistics of Educational Activities ………………………..……...… P. 19 VI. Financial Report………...…………………………………….......… P. 20 VII. Appendix I - Summary of IMH Activities ………………………….…………… P. 21 – 26 I. Mission The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) is a centre of excellence for promotion and advocacy of better community mental health, through advancing science and disseminating knowledge in mental illness and mental health by intensive education, quality training, and rigorous research. II. Membership of the IMH Board Chairman : Prof. SHAM Pak-chung, The University of Hong Kong Members : Prof. Raymond CHAN, Chinese Academy of Sciences Mr. CHAN How-chi Dr. HUNG Se-fong Dr. Eugenie LEUNG, The University of Hong Kong Mr. LU Tak-ming Prof. Joyce MA, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Prof. Thomas WONG Ex-Officio Members : Mr. CHAN Bing-woon Chairman Hospital Governing Committee Castle Peak Hospital Dr. Eric CHEUNG Hospital Chief Executive / Co-Chairman Executive Committee of IMH Castle Peak Hospital Dr. Bonnie SIU Co-Chairman Executive Committee of IMH Castle Peak Hospital 1 The Executive Committee of the IMH Co-Chairman : Dr. Eric CHEUNG Hospital Chief Executive Castle Peak Hospital / Siu Lam Hospital Co-Chairman : Dr. Bonnie SIU Chief of Service Convener of Public Education Subcommittee Members : Dr. Martina CHEUNG Clinical Psychologist Ms. Jackaline LEE Senior Finance Manager (Financial Services) Ms. Fion LING General Manager (Administrative Services) Mr. P M LUI Senior Nursing Officer Convener of Psychiatric Nursing Education Centre Subcommittee Dr. Simon LUI Associate Consultant Convener of Research Subcommittee Ms. Jolene MUI General Manager (Nursing) Convener of Hospital Archives & Gallery Exhibition Subcommittee (Hospital Archives) Ms. Ann PANG Department Operations Manager Convener of Patient & Carer Resource Subcommittee Dr. Steve TSO Consultant Convener of Hospital Archives & Gallery Exhibition Subcommittee (Gallery Exhibition) Dr. Jessica WONG Consultant Convener of Professional Training Subcommittee Secretary : Ms. Natalie CHEUNG Assistant Hospital Manager (PA&IMH) 2 III. Organisation Chart of the IMH IMH Board IMH Executive Committee Hospital Archives Public Education Professional & Patient & Carer Psychiatric Nursing Research Subcommittee Training Gallery Exhibition Resource Education Centre Subcommittee (PES) Subcommittee Subcommittee Subcommittee Subcommittee (RS) (PTS) (HAGES) (PCRS) (PNECS) 3 IV. Overview of Programmes Conducted by the IMH (January to June 2016) Public Education (1) Certificate Course in Mental Health (MHC13) The 13.5-hour Certificate Course in Mental Health (MHC) has been specifically designed to serve the needs of the society since October 2009. It provides training on common mental illnesses and skills in managing mental illnesses to professionals, health care professionals and related personnel who may come into contact with people with mental health problems or their carers in their daily practice by comprehensive lectures, case discussions/ vignettes, and interactive workshops. In view of the overwhelming responses from the previous classes, the thirteenth course (MHC13) was conducted on 27 February 2016 and 5 March 2016, with 133 participants including health care professionals of the Hospital Authority, government departments and non-government organisations. 4 (2) Management of Workplace Violence (MoV) Seminars cum Workshops In response to the invitation from the Open University of Hong Kong, three seminars and 10 workshops were conducted in January, March and May 2016 for nursing students of the university. The trainings aimed at equipping them with the basic knowledge in understanding and communicating with people who are emotional or potentially violent and identifying the risk factors and preventive measures of workplace violence. About 260 participants attended the captioned seminars and workshops. (3) Educational Materials The publications of the IMH provide a good source of information on mental illness and self-help guide to the general public. The information is handy and easily accessible at the service units of CPH and online at the IMH website. To ensure the information is accurate and up-to-date, the PES has continuously been reviewing all educational materials and reprinting pamphlets with high demand. The materials updated from January to June 2016 are listed as follows: Two new educational pamphlets were produced: • “Panic Disorder” “驚恐症” • “Phobic Disorder” “恐懼症” Three educational pamphlets were reviewed and updated: • “Psychosis” “思覺失調” • “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” “創傷後遺症”* • “Learning Disability and Mental Health” ”智力障礙與精神健康”* * Pamphlet of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 5 In view of the high demand, an education pamphlet on “Bipolar Affective Disorder” “不鬱 不躁” was reprinted. All of the above updated materials are available for free distribution in different service units and accessible on the IMH website. 6 (4) Health Column in Sing Tao Daily The PES continues to collaborate with Sing Tao Daily in publishing articles written by CPH colleagues to disseminate mental health information to the public. The articles are published under the health column“保健至專”inside the feature page of the newspaper. CPH colleagues have contributed to this project by actively submitting their articles. Published articles are also shared with all CPH staff via email. The collection of articles has also been uploaded to the IMH website for public access. Articles published from January to June 2016 were listed as follows: • 從歷史看精神病 (07.02.2016) • 抗思覺失調藥療 (28.03.2016) • 奏效腦電盪療法 (02.05.2016) • 長者重整晚年適應期 (07.06.2016) 7 (5) Health Column in Apple Daily The PES has been collaborating with Apple Daily in publishing articles written by CPH colleagues since October 2015. The column serves as an effective medium for mental health education. The articles are published under the health column “心藏筆露”inside the feature page of the newspaper every other Friday. CPH colleagues have contributed to this project by actively submitting their articles. Published articles are shared with all CPH staff via email. The collection of articles has also been uploaded to the IMH website for public access. Articles published from January to June 2016 were listed as follows: • 告白掙扎 (15.01.2016) • 我是「廢柴」 (29.01.2016) • 把憤怒管理好 (12.02.2016) • 扭計骰扭出信心 (26.02.2016) • 「冰」禍世紀 (11.03.2016) • 自殺的誘惑曾否令你動心? (01.04.2016) • 小轉變,大挑戰 (15.04.2016) • 告訴你一個秘密 (06.05.2016) • 動靜皆兒 (20.05.2016) • 五感園藝治療 (03.06.2016) 8 Professional Training (1) Nourishing Ourselves with Mindfulness – A One-Day Workshop A one-day experiential workshop on “Nourishing Ourselves with Mindfulness” was successfully held on 13 May 2016, with a total of 112 participants. The Professional Training Subcommittee (PTS) invited Dr. Helen Shuk-Wah MA, a registered clinical psychologist and an experienced trainer in mindfulness, to introduce the basic concepts of stress reactions, mind-body medicine and mindfulness to the participants in order to enhance the participants’ well-being through the application of mindfulness in their daily lives. 9 Psychiatric Nursing Education (1) Enrolled Nurse Graduation Ceremony The Graduation Ceremony for Class 13 of the Enrolled Nurse (Psychiatric) Training Programme of the Hospital Authority was held on 29 January 2016. A total of 29 pupil nurses graduated. 10 Research (1) Research Seminar Research seminars are part of the regular in-house training programme for medical staff. A research seminar entitled “Research Seminar: Part III candidate Research Protocol Presentation” was presented by Dr. Wilson LAU on 25 May 2016. A total of 34 medical staff attended the seminar. (2) Research Studies As of June 2016, CPH has more than 30 on-going research projects. IMH is actively involved in the following research projects: “A four-year prospective family study in patients suffering from first episode psychosis: A quest for intermediate phenotypes and aetiology of psychosis” – Data collection stage. As of June 2016, a total of 206 patients with first-episode psychosis and 99 healthy controls have been phenotyped and endophenotyped and 350 patients have been recruited for genotyping. An article entitled “Affective experience and motivated behavior in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Evidence from clinical and nonclinical samples” has been published in Neuropsychology. “Schizotypy traits or features in nonpsychotic first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia: Cluster analysis using the Chapman Psychosis Proneness Scales” – Data analysis and write-up stage. “Searching for intermediate phenotypes for psychosis: a functional MRI study on neuroanatomical markers for psychosis and gene-brain mapping” – Data collection and data analysis stage. As of June 2016, a total of 80 patients with first-episode psychosis, 22 first-degree relatives and 60 healthy controls have been recruited for neurological tests. MRI brain scans have been conducted for 133 of them. Resting state MRI data has been analysed and a manuscript has been prepared for submission. “Left prefrontal high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia: