Hong Kong‘s depression index has reached a new high! The latest Mental health Association of Hong Kong announced the results of the 2020 Depression Index, in which the “should be concerned” and “clinical group” group reached 23%, the past five times the same survey “the most worrying “. The survey found that more than 60% of people believe that depression from political and social events and epidemics. However, the reporter found that the survey was conducted after the implementation of the “Hong Kong National Security Law”, avoiding the first stressor of political factors, but only focused on the analysis of the Epidemic. City University Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences Zhao Yulong responded to reporters’ questions by admitting that no political analysis was added, stressing that there was no self-censorship, but said the source of funding from the Labour and Welfare Bureau, “with certain restrictions.
The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong held a press conference on Thursday (21) to announce the results of the “Hong Kong Depression Index Survey 2020”. The survey was conducted in August and September 2020, through online questionnaires and telephone interviews, interviewing 1,336 people, compared with the same survey held in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, found that the depression index of Hong Kong people again reached a record high, describing the situation as “most worrying”, from the past stable rise to a rapid It has changed from a steady rise in the past to a rapid rise.
According to the PHQ-9 guidelines, the total depression score ranged from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 27, with 14.6% of respondents with a total score of 10-14, i.e. the “should be concerned” group, and 8.6% of respondents with a total score of 15 or more in the “clinical group”, i.e. those estimated to be suffering from depression and The two groups together amounted to 23%, a sharp increase of 27% from 18.1% in the 2018 survey.
The survey also found that the depression index was higher in the 18-44 age group and the female cohort. Only about 10% of respondents will seek professional assistance in the face of depression, the most people choose to sleep to relieve pressure, accounting for more than 40%, that Hong Kong people have a low desire to seek help, and many people do not know the channels to seek help.
As for the source of depression, the survey specifically added the impact of the epidemic, which found that political and social events and epidemics are the first two sources of stress caused by Hong Kong people in the past six months, divided into 65.2% and 61.7%.
The survey was conducted after the implementation of the “Hong Kong National Security Law”, we found that political and social events ranked the first source of stress, but the survey analysis did not mention a word, only a large analysis of the impact of the epidemic.
Dr. Zhao Yulong, Associate Professor of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the City University of Hong Kong, who participated in the survey, said in response to our questions that the survey had added “political and social events” and “epidemic” as stressors in the social situation, but admitted that there was no detailed analysis of social events.
Zhao stressed that the rise in depression index of Hong Kong people is due to the double impact of the epidemic and political events at the same Time, not due to a single factor, and the impact of social events on stress is well known, “stress does not distinguish between colors”, different political spectrum have stress.
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