Welcome to Clinical Psychology and Behaviour Health Practice by Dr Ritu Verma
Local Contacts of emergency and financially helpful services
Emergency number- 999
Mental Health Support Hotline- 18111 Child Assessment Services
The Samaritans – Multi-lingual W: https://www.dhcas.gov.hk
T: 2896 0000 Mind HK
W: http://samaritans.org.hk W: https://www.mind.org.hk
Suicide Prevention vice Education Bureau
T: 2382 0000 W: https://sense.edb.gov.hk
W: http://sps.org.hk Caritas Family Service
Social Welfare department W: https://family.caritas.org.hk
T: 23432255
Public hospital Accident & Emergency Departments in Hongkong
Hong Kong
Queen Mary Hospital
A: 102 Pokfulam Road, HK
T: 2255 3838
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
A: 30 Gascoigne Road, KLN
T: 3506 8888
New Territories & outlying islands
North Lantau Hospital
A: 1/F, 8 Chung Yan Road, Tung Chung, Lantau, NT
T: 3467 7000
Prince of Wales Hospital
A: 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, NT
St. John Hospital
A: Cheung Chau Hospital Road, Tung Wan, Cheung Chau, NT
T: 2986 2100
Helpful Resources Books, Scientific journal articles, Videos on Mental Helath Topics
Books
Children and teens mental health:
Damour, L. (2016). Untangled: Guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood. Ballantine Books.
Damour, L. (2019). Under Pressure: Confronting the epidemic of stress and anxiety in girls. Ballantine Books.
Damour, L. (2023). The emotional lives of teenagers: Raising connected, capable, and compassionate adolescents. Ballantine Books
