Academic Staff
Prof. CHEN Yu Hai, Eric 陳友凱
MA(Oxon), MBChB(Edin), MD(Edin), FRCPsych, FHKAM(Psychiatry)
Professor
Department Head
Chief of Research Division
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
Director of Psychosis Studies and Intervention Program (PSI), HKU
Director of Jockey Club Early Psychosis Project (JCEP), HKU
Convenor of Early Assessment Service for Psychosis (EASY), Hospital Authority
Chairman of Hong Kong Early Psychosis Intervention Society (EPISO)
Director of Master in Psychological Medicine (Psychosis Studies), HKU
Associate Editor of Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Editorial Board in Schizophrenia Research
Website for Prof Eric Chen
http://ericchenhongkong.wordpress.com/
Email: eyhchen@hku.hk
The HKU Scholars Hub Page address:http://hub.hku.hk/rp/rp00392
Psychosis Studies and Intervention Program
Research Interests:
Early intervention for psychosis
- Early detection and treatment of psychosis, optimal treatment for first and second episode psychosis, critical period management, factors affecting relapse and functional outcome
Cognitive Neuroscience of schizophrenia
- Using cognitive neuroscience methods to study brain dysfunctions in schizophrenia, including memory, attention, motor and executive functions, as well as innovative approaches to language and communicative processes.
Cognitive and experiential aspects of psychopathology
- Studies addressing the formation of symptoms in psychosis. Particular focus on early psychotic symptoms and insight, subjective experience of psychosis.
Suicide studies
- Factorings associated with suicidal ideation in early psychosis, psychological autopsy studies