Background
Nowadays, women have to face a lot of pressure from family and work. At the same time, women demonstrate different roles, apart from daughter, mother, colleague and friend, most of the time they are the caregiver in a family. It is not easy to take up different roles. Other than physical health, mental health should not be neglected. According to the local research, one out of six individual may suffer from various degree of mental illnesses. Hence, early identification and intervention can greatly improve mental health of an individual, living a beautiful and happy life for oneself.
Project introduction
This project fully funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, is the first mental health project tailor-made for women. This project aim at helping women to identify emotional and mental needs, providing early intervention and referrals.This project includes: individual consultation, group activities, classes and public talks. Integrating services, scientific research and public education as a whole, and all the fee are fully sponsored by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. We hope that the general public are more aware of the mental health needs of women, early identify the negative impacts of mental problems on individual and societal levels, improve women's mental health, to live a happy life.
Service target
This project target at women aged from 18 to 64, to fill in a mental wellness screening test. Our well-trained staff will provide further assessment and services to women in need.If you know women that may face emotional or mental health problems, and hoping to find a better way to deal with it, you are encouraged to ask her to fill in our screening test, or you could directly contact us.
Service content
- Provide free mental wellness screening
- After assessment, providing individual consultation and early intervention for women in need
- Provide referral services for women with different mental health needs
- Conduct university survey, analyze service outcomes
- Conduct various public health education activities, enhance the knowledge of public and frontline workers on women’s mental health
Main
service
Mental wellness integration programme
Through clinical methods, combined with cognitive behavioral theory, clinical psychologists provide participants with a mental health integration course to help participants to deal with mental health problems and avoid more serious problems.
Through clinical methods, combined with cognitive behavioral theory, clinical psychologists provide participants with a mental health integration course to help participants to deal with mental health problems and avoid more serious problems.
Individual consultation and personal development
Individual consultations are provided by professional social workers to enable participants to understand their individual needs, find ways to cope with emotional problems and to build a more beautiful life.
Individual consultations are provided by professional social workers to enable participants to understand their individual needs, find ways to cope with emotional problems and to build a more beautiful life.
Life restructing programme
Relevant courses are provided by social service organizations to understand individual strengths, life goals, and establish action plans throughout the programme, as to enhance personal ability and improve life satisfaction.
Relevant courses are provided by social service organizations to understand individual strengths, life goals, and establish action plans throughout the programme, as to enhance personal ability and improve life satisfaction.
Professional training workshop
Strengthen the ability of frontline staff to identify women's mental health issues so that they can detect their needs in advance and provide early intervention and timely referral services.
Enhance professional knowledge towards At-Risk Mental State, including: cause, clinical symptoms, impacts, related services and interventions.
Strengthen the ability of frontline staff to identify women's mental health issues so that they can detect their needs in advance and provide early intervention and timely referral services.
Enhance professional knowledge towards At-Risk Mental State, including: cause, clinical symptoms, impacts, related services and interventions.
FitMind exercise
The Department of Psychiatry of the University of Hong Kong has published in international journals on the cognitive ability and function of sports can effectively improve people with severe mental health problems. The program will work with the Early Psychosis Foundation (EPISO) to develop appropriate exercise programs for women in need, to improve their cognitive abilities and functions through establishing exercise habits, and to facilitate the growth of the individual's body and mind. Activities include various sports classes, yoga classes and more.
The Department of Psychiatry of the University of Hong Kong has published in international journals on the cognitive ability and function of sports can effectively improve people with severe mental health problems. The program will work with the Early Psychosis Foundation (EPISO) to develop appropriate exercise programs for women in need, to improve their cognitive abilities and functions through establishing exercise habits, and to facilitate the growth of the individual's body and mind. Activities include various sports classes, yoga classes and more.
Public talks
The professional team will hold public talks to raise public awareness towards women's mental health.
The professional team will hold public talks to raise public awareness towards women's mental health.