中心主管 Director
Past President, The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
Past Chief Editor, East Asia Archives of Psychiatrists
Council Member, The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
Founding President, The Chinese Dementia Research Association
Associate Editor, Editorial Board of International Psychogeriatrics
Director, Hong Kong Mood Disorders Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, since 2019
Early detection and intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia
Biomarker evaluation for Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia
Determinants of Health Aging
Epidemiology of mental disorders in Hong Kong
Wong, P.C.M., Ou, J., Pang, C.W.Y., Zhang, L., Tse, C.S., Lam, L.C.W. (2019). Antoniou M. Language training leads to global cognitive improvement in older adults: a preliminary study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(7), 2411-2424.
Ma, S.L., Tang, N.L.S., Wat, K.H.Y., Tang, J.H.Y., Lau, K.H., Law, C.B., Chiu, J., Tam, C.C.W., Poon, T.K., Lin, K.L., Kng, C.P.L., Kong, H.L., Chan, T.Y., Chan, W.C., Lam, L.C.W. (2019). Effect of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 genotypes on the efficacy of cholinesterase inhibitors in southern Chinese patients with Alzheimer’s disease. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias, 34(5), 302-307.
Mak, A.D., Chung, V.C.H., Yuen, S.Y., Tse, Y.K., Wong, S.Y.S., Ju, Y., Hung, S.S., Leung, K.C., You, J.H.S., Lui, R., Wong, S.H., Leung, O.N.W., Lam, L.C.W., Lee, S., Wu, J.C.Y. (2019). Noneffectiveness of electroacupuncture for comorbid generalized anxiety disorder and irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Lu, H., Chan, S.S.M., Lam, L.C.W. (2019). Localized analysis of normalized distance from scalp to cortex and personalized evaluation (landscape): focusing on age- and dementia-specific changes. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 67(4), 1331-1341.
Ho, R.T.H., Fong, T.C.T., Chan, W.C., Kwan, J.S.K., Chiu, P.K.C., Yau, J.C.Y., Lam, L.C.W. (2018). Psychophysiological effects of dance movement therapy and physical exercise on older adults with mild dementia: a randomized controlled trial. Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.
Ho, R.T.H., Fong, T.C.T., Hon, T., Chan, W.C., Kwan, J.S.K., Chiu, P.K.C., Lam, L.C.W. (2019). Psychometric validation of fuld object memory evaluation in older adults with cognitive impairments. Aging and Mental Health, 23(6), 711-717.
Fung, A.W., Lam, L.C.W (2018). Validation of a computerized Hong Kong – vigilance and memory test (HK-VMT) to detect early cognitive impairment in healthy older adults. Aging and Mental Health, 1-7.
Mak, A.D.P., Chan, A.K.W., Chan, P.K.L., Tang, C.P., Lai, K., Wong, S., Leung, P., Hung, S.F., Lam, L.C.W., Lee, S. (2018). Diagnostic outcomes of childhood ADHD in Chinese adults. Journal of Attention Disorders, 1087054718802015.
Cheng, S.T., Lam, L.C.W. (2018). Improving diagnostic communication in dementia. International Psychogeriatrics, 30(8), 1149-1152.
Lu, H., Ni, X., Fung, A.W.T., Lam, L.C.W. (2018). Mapping the proxies of memory and learning function in senior adults with high-performing, normal aging and neurocognitive disorders. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 64(3), 815-826.
中心前主管及創辦人 Former director and founder
臨床心理學家 Clinical Psychologist
香港認可名冊臨床心理學家 Clinical Psychologist in Accredited Register
英國行為與認知心理治療協會 認知行為治療師 Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
英國心理學會註冊心理學家 Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), British Psychological Society (BPS)
英國健康與護理專業委員會 註冊從業心理學家 Registered Practitioner Psychologist, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), UK
倫敦大學學院榮譽理學士 (心理學) BSc (Hons) Psychology, University College London
牛津大學臨床心理學博士 Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford
嚴思行博士在英國倫敦大學學院 (UCL) 獲得一級榮譽心理學學士學位，並獲頒院長榮譽名錄；其後於牛津大學完成臨床心理學博士學位。她在求學期間追隨世界頂尖專家的督導，專注於進食失調、創傷後情緒病 (PTSD)、社交焦慮症等範疇。
完成學業後，她曾於享譽全球的 Maudsley青少年進食失調專科診所工作，積累了豐富的臨床經驗。除了臨床實踐外，她亦注重學術研究，在進食失調和心理創傷領域發表了超過二十篇的學術論文。
Dr. Vanessa Yim earned her first-class honors degree in Psychology from University College London (UCL) and was awarded the Dean's List. She then completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford. During her studies, Vanessa was supervised by world-renowned experts, focusing on areas including eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and social anxiety disorder.
After completing her studies, Vanessa worked at the internationally renowned South London and Maudsley specialist clinic for adolescent eating disorders. In addition to clinical practice, Vanessa is also committed to academic research, having published more than twenty academic papers in the fields of eating disorders and psychological trauma.
Eating Disorders
Processes influencing recovery from mental ill health
Psychological trauma
Yim, S. H., Clark, D. M., Salkovskis, P. M., & Thew, G. R. (2024). Sudden gains in internet cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder in routine clinical practice. Internet Interventions, 38, 100788.
Martini, M. G., Yim, S. H., Eisler, I., Micali, N., & Schmidt, U. (2024). Bonding and parent-child quality of interaction in parents with eating disorder: a scoping review. European Eating Disorders Review, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3144
Yim, S.H., Schmidt, U. Views and experiences of eating disorders treatments in East Asia: a meta-synthesis. J Eat Disord, 12(1), 120 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-024-01070-4
Yim, S. H., Said, G., & King, D. (2024). Practical recommendations for addressing the psychological needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in England: A literature and service review. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 13591045241252858. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045241252858
Yim, S. H. (2024). Clinician bodies in eating disorder services: a commentary. Eating Disorders, 1–9.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2024.2358267
Vollert, B., Yim, S. H., Görlich, D., Beintner, I., Gordon, G., Musiat, P., … Jacobi, C. (2024). Using web-based, guided self-help to bridge the waiting time for face-to-face out-patient treatment for bulimic-spectrum disorders: randomised controlled trial. BJPsych Open, 10(2), e53. doi:10.1192/bjo.2023.6296
Yim S.H., White S. (2024). Service evaluation of multi-family therapy for anorexia groups between 2013–2021 in a specialist child and adolescent eating disorders service. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi:10.1177/13591045231193249
Yim, S. H., & Schmidt, U. (2023). The effectiveness and cultural adaptations of psychological interventions for eating disorders in East Asia: A systematic scoping review. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56(12), 2165-2188.
Yim, S. H., Jones, R., Cooper, M., Roberts, L., & Viljoen, D. (2023). Patients’ experiences of clinical team meetings (ward rounds) at an adult in-patient eating disorders ward: mixed-method service improvement project. BJPsych Bulletin, 1-7. doi:10.1192/bjb.2023.14
Yim, S. H., Lorenz, H., & Salkovskis, P. (2024). The Effectiveness and Feasibility of Psychological Interventions for Populations Under Ongoing Threat: A Systematic Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 577-592. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231156198.
Yim, S.H. (2022). Cultural heritage through the lens of community psychology and narrative therapy: a community project on Chinese and Vietnamese diaspora in London. International Journal of Heritage Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2022.2108486
Yim, S. H., Spencer, L., Gordon, G., Allen, K. L., Musiat, P., & Schmidt, U. (2021). Views on online self-help programmes from people with eating disorders and their carers in UK. European journal of public health, 31(Supplement_1), i88-i93. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab046
Yim, S. H., Bailey, E., Gordon, G., Grant, N., Musiat, P., & Schmidt, U. (2020). Exploring Participants’ Experiences of a Web-Based Program for Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder: Qualitative Study. Journal of medical Internet research, 22(9), e17880. https://doi.org/10.2196/17880
Yim, S. H., & Schmidt, U. (2019). Experiences of computer‐based and conventional self‐help interventions for eating disorders: A systematic review and meta‐synthesis of qualitative research. International Journal of Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23142
Yim, S. H., & Schmidt, U. (2019). Self-Help Treatment of Eating Disorders. Psychiatric Clinics, 42(2), 231-241.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2019.01.006
一級執業臨床心理學家 Practising Clinical Psychologist I
香港臨床心理學家公會認可臨床導師 Accredited Clinical Supervisor of the Hong Kong Institute of Clinical Psychologists
香港認可名冊臨床心理學家 Clinical Psychologist in Accredited Register
註冊臨床心理學家(香港心理學會) Registered Clinical Psychologist (Hong Kong Psychological Society)
香港中文大學社會科學碩士(臨床心理學) M.S.Sc. (Clin. Psy.) (CUHK)
香港中文大學社會科學學士(心理學) B.S.Sc. (Hons.) (CUHK)
香港心理學會臨床心理學組會員 Member, Division of Clinical Psychology, Hong Kong Psychological Society
香港臨床心理學家協會會員 Member, Hong Kong Clinical Psychologists Association
郭碧珊在一九九五年於香港中文大學心理系以一等榮譽畢業，亦獲頒優異畢業生的榮銜；於同校在二零零零年修畢臨床心理學社會科學碩士課程時，更是全班唯一獲登院長榮譽錄的畢業生。在修讀大學和研究院期間，郭碧珊總共獲頒發九項奬學金。在香港中文大學完成臨床心理學碩士課程後，她隨即開始出任香港中文大學醫學院香港進食失調中心的臨床心理學家。在二零零一年，香港健康情緒中心成立之後，她亦同時出任香港健康情緒中心的臨床心理學家。她於二零零四年獲升任為一級執業臨床心理學家。在二零零六年，更獲一著名女性雜誌頒發「成功女士大奬」。
郭碧珊對於治療患有情緒病和進食失調症的成人及青少年極具經驗，她並致力向其他專業人士及市民推廣有關認知行為治療和情緒健康的知識。郭碧珊為前線醫護及社福人員如家庭醫生、社會工作者等提供超過三十場專業訓練，及為不同的公共及私營機構進行了超過五十場有關壓力管理的講座。她的著作包括有《為情所困》、《吃不由己》、《愛﹒情故事 I》、《愛﹒情故事 II》及《情緒探熱針》。
郭碧珊亦透過媒體推廣情緒健康和壓力管理的知識。她曾接受多間本地報刊(星島日報、經濟日報、明報、信報、東方日報、蘋果日報、大公報、成報、South China Morning Post、Hong Kong Standard、晴報、am730、東周刊、壹周刊、明報周刊和Jessica等)及電視電台(無線電視、亞洲電視、香港電台、商業電台、英國BBC電視台、有線電視、NOW TV及鳳凰衛視等)的訪問，及為報刊(東周刊、明報周刊及Jessica等)撰寫關於情緒健康的專欄。
郭碧珊曾經擔任心晴行動慈善基金的副主席和再生會的顧問。現為心晴行動慈善基金的顧問。
公務員事務局 Civil Service Bureau
私隱專員公署 Privacy Commissioner’s Office
建築署 Architectural Services Department
香港警務署心理服務課 Hong Kong Police Force Psychological Services Group
庫務署 Treasury Department
康樂及文化事務署 Leisure & Cultural Services Department
規劃署 Planning Department
勞工處 Labour Department
廉政公署 Independent Commission Against Corruption
中國建設銀行 China Construction Bank Corporation
盈科保險有限公司 Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Ltd
美聯物業 Midland Realty
美聯大學堂 Midland University
英國保誠 Prudential Assurance Company Ltd.
埃克森美孚 ExxonMobil Oil Company
特許公認會計師公會 ACCA
國泰航空 Cathay Pacific
港燈 Hongkong Electric
港鐵 MTR
惠氏香港有限公司 Wyeth（HK）Ltd
香港人壽保險經理協會 General Agents and Management Association of Hong Kong
經濟商學院 ET Business College
電視廣播有限公司（香港小姐活動） TVB（for Miss Hong Kong）
嘉里物流 Kelly Logistics
領展房地產投資信托基金 Link Real Estate Investment Trust
蘇黎世人壽保險有限公司 Zurich Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
鷹星保險 Eagle Star Insurance CSL ING Life Insurance Company
香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong
英華女學校 Ying Wa Girls’ School
香港真光中學 The True Light Middle School of Hong Kong
路德會協同中學 Concordia Lutheran School
迦密愛禮信小學 Carmel Alison Primary School
海壩街官立小學 Hoi Pak Street Government Primary School
心晴行動慈善基金 Joyful（Mental Health）Foundation
長者安居協會 Senior Citizen Home Safety Association
基督教服務處 Hong Kong Christian Service
香港路德會社會服務處 – 香港社會服務機構 Social Service Committee of the Lutheran Church – Hong Kong Synod
香港路德會社會服務處 – 教育委員會 Education Committee of the Lutheran Church – Hong Kong Synod
獅子山青年商會 Lion Rock Youth Chamber
香港兒童內分泌科學會 The Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
香港婦產科學會 The Obstretrical & Gynaecological Society of Hong Kong
