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The inpatient unit of the Department of Psychiatry,
established in 1972, is situated from the second to seventh
floor of Block J of the Hospital. The Western Psychiatric
Centre is incorporated to the Department from 1 October 1993.
The Department provides multiple subspecialty psychiatry services.
There are 6 teams, namely: General Psychiatry Team 1 (include
Consultation Liaison), General Psychiatry Team 2, Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry Team, Community Psychiatry Team, Psychogeriatric
Team and Early Psychosis Team. There are 72 in-patient beds
for adult, psychogeriatric and child & adolescent psychiatric
patients in the hospital. There are three day hospitals. The
Child day hospital (18 places) is situated in Queen Mary Hospital.
The adult and psychogeriatric day hospital (55 and 18 places
respectively) are situated in the Western Psychiatric Centre.
The department provides extensive consultation liaison service
to other departments in the hospital. Specialist out-patient
clinics include general adult, psychogeriatric, child & adolescent,
substance abuse and sleep disorders clinic. There are outreach
services to old age homes, Education Department and non-government
organisations which provides community services to mental
patients. The Department has a long tradition of providing
care by a multidisciplinary approach and team members include
psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses,
medical social workers, and occupational therapists.
In line with the regionalization of medical services in Hong
Kong, the Department provides comprehensive service to the
Central, Western, Southern regions (West of Aberdeen Tunnel)
of Hong Kong, as well as the outlying islands.
The department also has close collaboration with the Department
of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong in providing undergraduate
and postgraduate teaching and clinical research.
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Situated at the beautiful
foothill and high above the new Medical
School Building in Sasson Road, Queen Mary
houses the department's adult, adolescent
and child and geriatric wards and our departmental
administrative, clinical and academic staff.
This 1,444 beds general hospital is the
main teaching hospital for the University
of Hong Kong and home to the Department. |
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Queen Mary hospital has seen generations
of medical students completing their training
both at the undergraduate and post-graduate
levels. Internationally known for major
medical advances, it is a leading medical
center in Asia. |
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The Western Psychiatric
Centre is situated in a community rehabilitation
centre which is about 15 minutes of drive
from the Queen Mary Hospital. It comprises
an array of community psychiatry facilities.
The outpatient clinic provides follow up
treatment for discharged patients. It also
receives new referrals from doctors in both
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Apart from outpatient
consultation sessions, the clinic also organizes
talks and seminars on mental health for
the patients, carers and the public. The
Psychogeriatric Day Hospital and the Phoenix
Clubhouse are both ambulatory services.
They are described in more detail in other
sections in the brochure.
The Community Psychiatry
Team of the Department is based in the Centre.
The Team serves patients who require intensive
support in community living. Home visit
and outreaching services will be provided
if necessary. It also has close liaison
and working relationship with other non-government
organizations which provide psychiatric
rehabilitation facilities in the community,
for example halfway houses and sheltered
workshops. The Team also provides outreaching
assessment for people who are suspected
to have mental illness but are not willing
to attend a clinic.
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