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FIONA YY HO

何欣儀

Director of the Public Mental Health Laboratory
公共心理健康研究室主管

Clinical Psychologist
臨床心理學家

Assistant Professor 
助理教授

Office: Room 353, Sino Building

Tel:+852 3943-3469 Email: fionahoyy@cuhk.edu.hk

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Education

PhD (Clinical Psychology, HKU)

MPhil (Psychiatry, HKU)

BSocSc (Psychology, HKBU)

​學歷

臨床心理學哲學博士（香港大學）

精神醫學系哲學碩士（香港大學）

心理學系學士（香港浸會大學）

Research Interest

  • Low-intensity psychological interventions ​​for common mental disorders (treatment, organization, and government levels, e.g., stepped care and smartphone-based interventions)

  • Sleep​ ​disturbance as a​ ​transdiagnostic​ ​process in psychological disorders

  • Sleep-wake patterns and variability in individuals with psychological disorders

  • Lifestyle medicine and mental health​

  • Integrative medicine (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy plus ​traditional Chinese medicine)

研究興趣

  • 用於一般精神障礙的低強度心理治療（治療，組織及政府層面，例如層遞式心理服務及心理自療手機應用程式）

  • 睡眠障礙作為心理障礙的跨診斷歷程

  • 心理障礙患者的睡覺／起床模式及變化

  • 健康生活型態醫學及心理健康

  • 綜合治療（例如認知行為治療合併中醫治療）

Publications 學術文章

  • Ho YY, Yeung WF, Ho YS, Mak WS, Chang WC. Mindfulness Plus Standard Care Versus Other Psychotherapies Plus Standard Care for Severe Mental Illness (Protocol). The Cochrane Libr (under review).

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  • Yeung WF, Ho YY, Ho YS, Mak WS, Chang WC. Mindfulness Plus Standard Care Versus Standard Care for Severe Mental Illness (Protocol). The Cochrane Libr (under review).

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  • Ho YY, Chan CS, Leung CY. Transdiagnostic Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (submitted for publication).

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  • Yeung WF, Ho YY, Chung KF, Zhang ZJ, Yu YM, Suen KP, Chan YT, Chen HY, Ho LM, Lao LX. Self-administered Acupressure for Insomnia Disorder: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial. J Sleep Res (in press).

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  • Chung KF, Yeung WF, Ho YY, Ho LM, Yung KP. Predictors of Daytime Consequences of Insomnia: The Roles of Quantitative Criteria and Nonrestorative Sleep. Psychopathology (in press).

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  • Chung KF, Yeung WF, YU YM, Ho YY. A Population-Based 2-year Longitudinal Study of Insomnia Disorder in a Chinese Population in Hong Kong. Psychol Health Med (in press).

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  • Yeung WF, Lam TH, Lai YK, Suen KP, Ho YY, Chung KF, Ho YS, Ho LM, Yu YM, Chan YT. Effects of Zero-Time Exercise on Inactive Adults with Insomnia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (submitted for publication).

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  • Ho YY, Yeung WF, Ng TH, Chan CS. The Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Stepped Care Prevention and Treatment for Depressive and/or Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nature - Sci Rep. 2016; 29281.

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  • Ho YY, Chan CS, Tang NS. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Sleep Disturbances in Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Clin Psychol Rev. 2016; 43:90-102.

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  • Chung KF, Ho YY, Yeung WF. Psychometric Comparison of the Full and Abbreviated Versions of the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep Scale. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016; 12:821-828.

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  • Yung KP, Chung KF, Ho YY, Yeung WF, Ng TH. The Experience of Chronic Insomnia in Chinese Adults: A Study Using Focus Groups and Insomnia Experience Diaries. Behav Sleep Med. 2016;14(4):406-428.

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  • Yeung WF, Chung KF, Zhang NL, Zhang SP, Yung KP, Chen PX, Ho YY. Identification of Chinese Medicine Syndromes in Persistent Insomnia Associated with Major Depressive Disorder: A Latent Tree Analysis. Chinese Medicin. 2016; 11(4):1-11.

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  • Ng HY, Chung KF, Lee CT, Yeung WF, Ho YY. Eveningness and its associated impairments in remitted bipolar disorder. Behav Sleep Med. 2016; 14(6):650-664.

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  • Ho YY, Chung KF, Yeung WF, Ng TH, Kwan KS, Yung KP, Cheng KW. Self-Help Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Sleep Med Rev. 2015; 19:17-28.

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  • Chung KF, Yeung WF, Ho YY, Ho LM. Predictors of Dropout from Internet-Based Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia. Behav Res Ther. 2015; 73:19-24.]

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  • Chung KF, Yeung WF, Ho YY, Ho LM, Yung KP, Yu YM, Kwok CW. Comparison of Scoring Methods for the Brief Insomnia Questionnaire in a General Population Sample. J Psychosom Res. 2015; 78(1):34-38.

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  • Ho YY, Chung KF, Yeung WF, Ng TH, Cheng KW. Weekly Brief Phone Support in Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Disorder: Relevance to Adherence and Efficacy. Behav Res Ther. 2014; 63:147-156.

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  • Chung KF, Yeung WF, Ho YY, Ho LM, Yung KP, Yu YM, Kwok CW. Validity and Reliability of the Brief Insomnia Questionnaire in the General Population in Hong Kong. J Psychosom Res. 2014; 76(5):374-379.

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  • Chung KF, Yeung WF, Yung KP, Ho YY, Ho LM, Yu YM, Kwok CW. The Use of Conventional and Complementary Therapies for Insomnia among Hong Kong Chinese: A Telephone Survey. Complement Ther Med. 2014; 22(5):894-902.

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  • Chung KF, Yu YM, Yung KP, Yeung WF, Ng T, Ho YY. Assessment of Fatigue Using the Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory in Patients with Major Depression Disorder. Compr Psychiat. 2014; 55(7):1671-1678.

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  • Yeung WF, Chung KF, Poon MK, Ho YY, Zhang SP, Zhang ZJ, Ziea TC, Wong VT. Prescription of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Selection of Acupoints in Pattern-Based Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment for Insomnia: A Systematic Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012; 902578.

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  • Yeung WF, Chung KF, Poon MK, Ho YY, Zhang SP, Zhang ZJ, Ziea TC, Wong VT. Acupressure, Reflexology, and Auricular Acupressure for Insomnia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Sleep Med. 2012; 13(8):971-984.

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  • Yeung WF, Chung KF, Poon MK, Ho YY, Zhang SP, Zhang ZJ, Ziea TC, Wong VT. Chinese Herbal Medicine for Insomnia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Sleep Med Rev. 2012; 16(6):497-507.

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