Professor CHIU Fung Kum, Helen,
Emeritus Professor
赵凤琴教授
MBBS (HKU); FRCPsych, FHKAM (Psychiatry)
Fax: (852) 2667-5464
Email: helenchiu@cuhk.edu.hk
Other Positions
Past President of International Psychogeriatric Association
Past President of Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists
Past President of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
Past President of the Hong Kong Psychogeriatric Association
Chairman of Psychogeriatric Working Group
Honorary Member of the Hong Kong Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Failure Association
Member of Medical and Advisory Panel of the Alzheimer’s Disease International
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, NY, USA
Member of Review Sub-committee of Licentiate Committee of the Medical Council of Hong Kong
Honorary Consultant, the Caritas, Social Work Division
Co-ordinator of 10/66 Dementia Research Group China and South East Asia Network
Past Member of Elderly Commission
Member of Long Term Prison Commission

AWARDS:
Medal of Honor by HKSAR in 1999
International Psychogeriatric Association Distinguished Service Award in 2011

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Geriatric psychiatry
Dementia
Suicide

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Chiu HFK, Zhong BL, Leung T, Li SW, Chow P, Tsoh J, Yan C, Xiang YT, Wong M. Development and validation of a new cognitive screening test: The Hong Kong Brief Cognitive Test (HKBC). Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 11.
Lam Nogueira BOC, Li L, Meng LR, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Chiu HFK, Kuok KCF, Tran L, Xiang YT. Clinical characteristics and quality of life of older adults with cognitive impairment in Macao. Psychogeriatrics. 2018 Feb 6Lam Nogueira BOC, Li L, Meng LR, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Chiu HFK, Kuok KCF, Tran?L, Xiang YT. Clinical characteristics and quality of life of older adults with cognitive impairment in Macao. Psychogeriatrics. 2018 Feb 6.
Zhong XM, Wang F, Zhang Q, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Chiu HFK, Si TM, Sim K, Avasthi A, Grover S, Chong MY, Chee KY, Kanba S, Lee MS, Yang SY, Udomratn P, Kallivayalil RA, Tanra AJ, Maramis MM, Shen WW, Sartorius N, Mahendran R, Tan CH, Shinfuku N, Xiang YT. Concurrent benzodiazepine use in older adults treated with Antidepressants in Asia. Int Psychogeriatr. 2017 Dec 7:1-7.
Bhugra D, Tasman A, Pathare S, Priebe S, Smith S, Torous J, Arbuckle MR,?Langford A, Alarcón RD, Chiu HFK, First MB, Kay J, Sunkel C, Thapar A, Udomratn P, Baingana FK, Kestel D, Ng RMK, Patel A, Picker L, McKenzie KJ, Moussaoui D, Muijen M, Bartlett P, Davison S, Exworthy T, Loza N, Rose D, Torales J, Brown M,??Christensen H, Firth J, Keshavan M, Li A, Onnela JP, Wykes T, Elkholy H, Kalra G,?Lovett KF, Travis MJ, Ventriglio A.?The WPA-Lancet Psychiatry Commission on the?Future of Psychiatry. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Oct;4(10):775-818.?
Zhong BL, Chan SSM, Liu TB, Jin D, Hu CY, Chiu HFK. Mental health of the old-and new-generation migrant workers in China: who are at greater risk for psychological distress? Oncotarget. 2017 Mar 7;8(35):59791-59799.
Li L, Wang YY, Wang SB, Li L, Lu L, Ng CH, Ungvari GS, Chiu HFK, Hou CL, Jia FJ, Xiang YT. Sleep Duration and Sleep Patterns in Chinese University Students: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis. J Clin Sleep Med. 2017 Oct 15;13(10):1153-1162.
Li XH, An FR, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Chiu HFK, Wu PP, Jin X, Xiang YT. Prevalence of smoking in patients with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia and their relationships with quality of life. Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 16;7(1):8430. Li XH, An FR, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Chiu HFK, Wu PP, Jin X, Xiang YT. Prevalence?of smoking in patients with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and?schizophrenia and their relationships with quality of life. Sci Rep. 2017 Aug?16;7(1):8430.?
?Wang S, Wu Y, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Forester BP, Gatchel JR, Chiu HFK, Kou C, Fu Y, Qi Y, Yu Y, Li B, Xiang YT. Sleep duration and its association withdemographics, lifestyle factors, poor mental health and chronic diseases in older Chinese adults. Psychiatry Res. 2017 Nov;257:212-218. Chinese adults. Psychiatry Res. 2017 Nov;257:212-218.?
Gu X, Zheng W, Guo T, Ungvari GS, Chiu HFK, Cao X, D’Arcy C, Meng X, Ning Y, Xiang Y. Electroconvulsive Therapy for Agitation in Schizophrenia: Metaanalysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Shanghai Arch Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 25;29(1):1-14.
Zheng W, Xiang YQ, Ungvari GS, Chiu HFK, Ning YP, Yu X, Forester BP, Xiang YT. Tai chi for mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review. Psychogeriatrics. 2017 Nov;17(6):514-516.