Risk of self-harm after the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in Hong Kong, 2000–10: a nested case-control study thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Bearing the brunt of covid-19: older people in low and middle income countries | The BMJ bmj.com/content/368/bm…

Latest Paper: Application of Healthcare ‘Big Data’ in CNS Drug Research: The Example of the Neurological and mental health Global Epidemiology Network (NeuroGEN) rdcu.be/b47GE An international network for CNS Diseases and Drugs research neurogen.hku.hk

Don’t miss this webinar on COVID-19 -19, older people and care homes in low and middle income countries, featuring Elizabeth K. Mutunga and Marguerite Schneider STRiDE_Kenya STRiDE_South Africa

Prevalence and risk factors for repetition of non-fatal self-harm in H... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Commentary on Chai et al: Drug use, self‐harm, suicide, and use of registry data in epidemiological research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… A surprising commentary about our paper.

@HaoLUO_hku Wallis Lau @Ian_HKU Antidepressant use and risk of self-harm among people aged 40 years or... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper alert🚨 Our @ohdsi study #CERVELLO published in JAMA Psychiatry looked into rates of antipsychotic prescribing among people living with dementia during the pandemic, found an increase in the initial of the pandemic and remained high in 2021. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

We previously showed the proportion of people with dementia in England prescribed an antipsychotic increased in 2020 during COVID. With School of Pharmacy and Hong Kong colleagues, we show in this OA paper this was a global effect. Sadly, rates stayed up. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Our recent study using CDM on Cambridge Core finds immediate declines in mental health diagnoses following population-wide COVID-19 restrictions in France, Germany, Italy, UK, and US. doi.org/10.1017/S20457… #COVID19 #mentalillness Prof Ian Wong Kenneth Man Wallis Lau @HaoLuo429

Extending early intervention services (EASY Plus) for patients with first-episode schizophrenia aged 15-64 in Hong Kong was associated with reduced self-harm and suicide rates over 20 years, this study finds. ja.ma/3WFXWiY

Study by Yi Chai found that early intervention services #EIS was associated with reduced #selfharm and #suicide rates among all patients with first-episode #schizophrenia #FES. Full study: doi.org/10.1001/jamane… HKU Pharmacy #CSMPR #HKU #HKUMed #HKUPharm #pharmacy #research

Our new OHDSI study in Lancet Psychiatry found that the prescribing rates of anxiolytics during the COVID-19 pandemic were persistently elevated, underscore the importance of enhanced mental health support and regular review of psychotropic drug use in the post-pandemic era.

Mutinational cohort finds increased risk of #psychiatric #neuropsychiatric sequelae of #COVID19 consistently observed only within, and not after, 6-months observation. bit.ly/4hhYXGd by Ivan Lam @HaoLuo429 Prof Ian Wong Medium/longterm increases in #depression #anxiety

Our study, the largest conducted to date examining various classes of antihypertensive drugs and dementia risk. We found a lower risk of all-cause dementia with ARBs compared to ACE inhibitors. Hong Kong, UK, Sweden, and Australia data included. doi.org/10.1093/ageing…

Our latest multinational study on trends in survival after #Dementia diagnosis has just been published with Springer Nature in Communications Medicine Read here: rdcu.be/eocfU Prof Ian Wong Celine Chui HKU Kenneth Man Martin Knapp Gloria Wong

Our multinational network cohort study shows that extensive multi-organ involvement of post-COVID-19 condition over the short-term period and the subside in risk for most complications over the medium- and long-term. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

interRAI Geriatric Assessment "Online": Reliable hospital decisions in less than 10 minutes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…