Understanding the onset & care of psychopathology in the young & old

publications

Selected Papers

Dementia

Zhang, A. Y., Wong, G. H. Y., Lum, T. Y. S., Woods, B., & Spector, A. (2025). Constructive engagement in cognitive stimulation therapy groups among people with dementia: A mixed-methods study. Alzheimer’s & dementia (New York, N. Y.), 11(2), e70075. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.70075

Wong, H. Y. G., Ma, B. H. M., Lee, M. Y. N., & Dai, D. L. K. (2024). Casebook of Dementia: A Reference Guide for Primary Care. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108989336

Leung, D. K. Y., Chan, W. C., Spector, A., & Wong, G. H. Y. (2021). Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and apathy symptoms across dementia stages: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Geriatric psychiatry, 36(9), 1330–1344. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5556

Psychosis

Chan, S. K. W., Liu, T., Wong, A. O. Y., Wong, G. H. Y., Hsiao, J., Hui, C. L. M., Chang, W. C., Lee, E. H. M., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2021). Self-referential gaze perception of patients with schizophrenia and its relationship with symptomatology and cognitive functions. Schizophrenia Research, 228, 288–294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2020.12.034

Wong, H. Y. G. (2020). Social anxiety within a network of mild delusional ideations, negative symptoms and insight in outpatients with early psychosis: A psychopathological path analysis. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2020.1723007

Wong, G. H. Y., Hui, C. L. M., Tang, J. Y. M., Chiu, C. P. Y., Lam, M. M. L., Chan, S. K. W., Chang, W. C., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2012). Screening and assessing ideas and delusions of reference using a semi-structured interview scale: A validation study in early psychosis patients. Schizophrenia Research, 135, 158-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2011.12.006

Depression

Liu, T., Leung, D. K. Y., Wong, D., Tse, S., Wong, P., Ng, S. M., Chan, W. C., Lou, V., Tang, J. Y., Cheng, R., Lu, S., Wong, F. H. C., Zhang, W., Sze, L. C. Y., Kwok, W. W., Knapp, M., Lum, T. Y. S., & Wong, G. (2026). Effectiveness of an integrated prevention programme (“JoyAge”) for depressive symptoms, anxiety, and loneliness in older adults in Hong Kong: A pragmatic quasi-experimental trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 402, 121333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.121333

Akhter-Khan, S. C., Prina, M., Wong, G. H. Y., Mayston, R., & Leon Li. (2022). Understanding and addressing older adults’ loneliness: The social relationship expectation (SRE) framework. Perspectives on Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221127218

Liu, T., Leung, D. K. Y., Lu, S., Kwok, W. W., Sze, L. C. Y., Tse, S. S. K., Ng, S. M., Wong, P. W. C., Lou, V. W. Q., Tang, J. Y. M., Wong, D. F. K., Chan, W. C., Kwok, R. Y. K., Lum, T. Y. S., & Wong, G. H. Y. (2022). Collaborative community mental health and aged care services with peer support to prevent late-life depression: study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial. Trials, 23(1), 280. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06122-1