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Local Contacts of emergency and financially helpful services

 Emergency service Hong Kong- 999 

Police Hotline- 2527 7177

                                           Suicide prevention Support hotline- 28960000                                             

                                              Mental Health Support Hotline- 18111                                                              Child Abuse support hotline- 2755 1122           

 

The Samaritans – Multi-lingual                                                        Child Assessment services

T: 2896 0000                                                                                       T: 2468 5261

W: http://samaritans.org.hk                                                                W: https//www.dhcas..gov.hk

                                                                                                             

Suicide Prevention Services                                                               Mind HK,                                                         T: 23820000                                                                             T: 36430869           
W: http://sps.org.hk                                                                             W: 
https://www.mind.org.hk 

 

Social Welfare department                                                             Caritas Family Service   

T: 23432255                                                                                        Hotline:  18288

W: https://www.swd.gov.hk                                                                W: https://family.caritas.org.hk  

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Mental Health information and support- 

MindHK, Mental Health A-Z
MindHK, Health Professionals Explained

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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
 

Parenting/Children and teens mental health:

1. Damour, L. (2016). Untangled: Guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood. Ballantine Books. 

2. Damour, L. (2019). Under Pressure: Confronting the epidemic of stress and anxiety in girls. Ballantine Books. 

3. Damour, L. (2023). The emotional lives of teenagers: Raising connected, capable, and compassionate adolescents. Ballantine Books

4. Amen, D. & Fay, C. (2024). Raising mentally strong kids. Hardback

5. Siegel, D.J., & Bryson, T.P. (2020). The power of showing up: How parental presence shapes who our kids become and how their brains get wired. Ballantine

6. Khang, C., (2022). Angry Parent Angry Child: Anger management strategies to stop yelling, keep your cool and become a peaceful family. UrbanB Publishing

7. Doucleff, M. (2021). Hunt, gather, parent: What ancient cultures teach us about the lost art of raising happy, helpful, little humans. Avid Reader Press. 

8. Pressman, E.,(2024). The five principles of parenting. Simon and Schuster

​9. Jensen, F. E. (2015). The teenage brain: A neuroscientist’s survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults. HarperCollins

10. Turgeon, H., & Wright, J. (2022). Generation sleepless: Why tweens and teens aren't sleeping enough and how we can help them. Scribe Publications. 

11. Anderson, J., & Winthrop, R. (2025). The disengaged teen: Helping kids learn better, feel better, and live better. Crown.

12. MacNamara, D. (2016). Rest, play, grow: Making sense of preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one). Aona Books.

13. â€‹Naumburg, C. (2019). How to stop losing your sh*t with your kids: A practical guide to becoming a calmer, happier parent. Workman Publishing.

14. Duffy, J. (2014). The available parent: Expert advice for raising successful, resilient, and connected teens and tweens. Viva Editions.

15. Bertin, M. (2015). Mindful parenting for ADHD: A guide to cultivating calm, reducing stress, and helping children thrive. New Harbinger Publications.

16. Galanti, R. (2020). Anxiety relief for teens: Essential CBT skills and mindfulness practices to overcome anxiety and stress. Zeitgeist. 

17. Galanti, R. (2024). Parenting anxious kids: Understanding anxiety in children by age and stage. Sourcebooks. 

Good Brain Health:

Kross, E., (2021). Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It. Crown

Kross, E., (2025). Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don't Manage You. Crown

Frankl, V.E. (2024). Embracing hope: On freedom, responsibility & the meaning of life. Beacon Press.

​Frankl, V. E. (2006). Man's search for meaning. Beacon Press.

Amen, D. G. (2023). Change your brain every day: Simple daily practices to strengthen your mind, memory, moods, focus, energy, habits, and relationships. Tyndale Momentum.

​Kawaguchi, T. (2019). Before the coffee gets cold (G. Trousselot, Trans.). Picador.

Milner, M. (2024). A life of one's own. Routledge.

Mindfulness:

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2013). Full catastrophe living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness (Revised and updated ed.). Bantam Books. 

Hatch, A. (2017). Mindfulness for parents: Finding your way to a calmer happier family. Watkins Publishing.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. Hyperion.

Williams, M., & Penman, D. (2011). Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world. Little, Brown Book Group.

Williams, M., & Penman, D. (2023). Deeper mindfulness: The new way to rediscover calm in a chaotic world. Balance.

                                                            Psychology Journals

 

Clinical Psychology Science and Practice: This journal is a publication of the Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12). This journal presents cutting-edge developments in the science and practice of clinical psychology and related mental health fields.

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Developmental Psychology:  The APA journal advances knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions.

 

Behavioural Neuroscience: A peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Psychological Association (APA). It was established in 1983 and focuses on the neural bases of behavior, including research in humans and animals.

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Indian Journal of Clinical psychology: This journal is an official publication of Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists. 

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International Journal of Indian Psychology: Journal is the psychological, peer-reviewed, academic international journal that examines the intersection of Psychology.  

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Journal of Psychological Science and Research: This journal is is an international, peer reviewed open access journal for new psychological research. 

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International Journal of Psychiatry Research: This journal is a multidisciplinary journal to communicate between researchers with clinical, psychiatry interest in mental health. 

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                                                     Psychology Magazines

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Monitor on Psychology: Published by APA encompasses latest reserach in psychology

 

Psychology Today:  Psychology Today is an American media organization with a focus on psychology and human behavior. 

                                                        Psychology Newsletters 

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Psyche | Know Your Self

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​https://www.apa.org/news/editors-choice: 

APA’s Editor’s Choice Newsletter offers a free, weekly compilation of APA Journal articles selected as outstanding, noteworthy, and impactful for the field by APA Journal editors. Each article will be freely available to Editor’s Choice subscribers for 30 days.

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