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A Historical Review of Mental Health Services in Hong Kong (1841 To 1995)

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  • Kam-Shing Yip

    (Department of Applied Social Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

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This paper is a historical review of mental health services in Hong Kong. The development of mental health services in Hong Kong can be roughly divided into several stages: the pre-asylum period (1841-1924), the asylum period (1925-1948), the organization period (1948-1965), the initial rehabilitation period (1966-1973), the centralized rehabilitation period (1974-1981) and the civic control vs community care period (1982-1995). From the development of mental health services in Hong Kong, it is clearly demonstrated that the aims and the trends of mental health services had gradually progressed from a detention model, to a treatment model and finally to a rehabilitation model. Nevertheless, under a shortage of governmental resources and the severe opposition of public stigmatization, community based rehabilitation existed in the form of institution-like service units. In comparison with the international de-institutionalization and community care movement, mental health services in Hong Kong are not affected by any de-institutionalization movement. Instead, the unique political and social context nurtured a parallel development of both institutional care and community care for mental patients.

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  • Kam-Shing Yip, 1998. "A Historical Review of Mental Health Services in Hong Kong (1841 To 1995)," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 44(1), pages 46-55, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:44:y:1998:i:1:p:46-55
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409804400105
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