PMID- 31122553
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201002
LR  - 20201002
IS  - 1879-1972 (Electronic)
IS  - 1054-139X (Linking)
VI  - 64
IP  - 6S
DP  - 2019 Jun
TI  - Adolescent Mental Health Problems in Hong Kong: A Critical Review on Prevalence, 
      Psychosocial Correlates, and Prevention.
PG  - S73-S85
LID - S1054-139X(18)30449-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.10.005 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: Adolescent mental health problems are a public health issue in Hong Kong 
      and a review of the situation can have implications for intervention and 
      prevention. This paper aims to review the available prevalence rates of mental 
      health problems among adolescents in Hong Kong and examines the correlates of 
      these conditions through a positive youth development (PYD) framework. METHODS: 
      Local studies published in English between January 1995 and September 2017 were 
      searched in ERIC, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, and PubMed. Data were selected and 
      extracted by two reviewers. The primary outcome was the prevalence or the scores 
      of mental health problems among adolescents. The secondary outcome was the 
      correlates associated with the problems identified in the studies. RESULTS: 
      Twenty-three studies were identified. The prevalence of depression was between 
      0.55% and 2.2% (three studies), whereas the prevalence for anxiety (one study) 
      and generalized anxiety disorder (two studies) were 6.9% and 2.6%, respectively. 
      Comparatively higher levels of depressive symptoms and lower levels of general 
      mental health among Hong Kong adolescents than adolescents in other regions. The 
      protective factors examined in these studies were categorized into PYD 
      constructs, namely: cognitive competence, behavioral competence, emotional 
      competence, resilience, and bonding with family, which were associated with 
      better mental health. CONCLUSIONS: This review contends that future mental health 
      research and intervention for adolescents should focus more on PYD constructs and 
      family factors.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2018 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by 
      Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Yuen, Winnie W Y
AU  - Yuen WWY
AD  - Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, 
      Pokulam, Hong Kong, PR China.
FAU - Liu, Lucia L
AU  - Liu LL
AD  - Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, 
      Pokulam, Hong Kong, PR China.
FAU - Tse, Samson
AU  - Tse S
AD  - Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, 
      Pokulam, Hong Kong, PR China. Electronic address: samsont@hku.hk.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - J Adolesc Health
JT  - The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for 
      Adolescent Medicine
JID - 9102136
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Adolescent Development
MH  - Anxiety/epidemiology/prevention & control/psychology
MH  - Depression/epidemiology/prevention & control/psychology
MH  - Hong Kong/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Mental Disorders/epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Mental Health
MH  - Prevalence
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adolescence
OT  - Anxiety
OT  - Depression
OT  - Hong Kong
OT  - Insomnia
OT  - Positive youth development
OT  - Psychosis
EDAT- 2019/05/28 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/03 06:00
CRDT- 2019/05/25 06:00
PHST- 2018/06/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/09/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/10/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/05/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/05/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1054-139X(18)30449-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.10.005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Adolesc Health. 2019 Jun;64(6S):S73-S85. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.10.005.