A5011355957- Mental Health Research Topics
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Ovarian function and disorders
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
University of Hong Kong
2020-2023
Queen Mary Hospital
2021
Abstract Negative symptoms are prevalent in the prodromal and first-episode phases of psychosis highly predictive poor clinical outcomes (eg, liability for conversion functioning). However, latent structure negative is unclear early illness. Determining (EP) critical importance identification, prevention, treatment efforts. In current study, confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate relation 4 theoretically derived models: 1. a 1-factor model, 2. 2-factor model with expression (EXP)...
Altered risk-taking propensity is an important determinant of functional impairment in bipolar disorder. However, prior studies primarily assessed patients with chronic illness, and has not been evaluated the early illness course. This study investigated behavior 39 euthymic early-stage disorder aged 16-40 years who were treated within 3 from their first-episode mania psychotic features 36 demographically-matched healthy controls using Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART), a well-validated...
Abstract Background Negative symptoms are prevalent and predictive of clinical functional outcomes across different phases psychotic disorders. Yet, heterogeneity in conceptualizing the latent structure negative presents hindrances to development effective interventions. While a 2-dimensional construct (i.e., Motivation pleasure [MAP] Emotional expressivity [EXP] dimensions) have previously been derived from exploratory factor analyses adopted widely research, conflicting findings favor...