EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW•人物專訪 2020 UMAGAZINE 22•澳大新語 48 月內進行問卷調查，研究學生災後的心 理健康及求助行為。「近2,000名澳大 學生填了問卷，這是個龐大的樣本，佔 全校學生五分一。」賀教授連同澳大學 生事務部、本地的澳大學生一起研究， 以面對颱風後普遍的心理健康問題，以 及學生尋求心理健康治療的偏好和當中 遇到的障礙為主要研究問題。相關論文 後來獲權威期刊《European Journal of Psychotraumatology》刊登2。 透過收集不同數據進行科學分析、為社 會癥結問題帶來轉機、改善公眾健康， 正正是研究團隊的核心使命。賀教授相 信，每個數據點代表一個人，因此瞭解 數據背後的人亦很重要。他早前也與澳 門疾病預防控制中心和澳門明愛合作， 帶領學生走進社區，向2,000名菲律賓及 印尼婦女提供愛滋病病毒和梅毒測試， 繼而瞭解她們在數據背後的故事3。這是 同類研究中規模最大的項目，研究團隊 從中獲得了很多這些婦女在性和身心健 康方面的資料。另外，賀教授也帶領學 生跟澳門扶康會合作，就澳門照顧智力 Prof Hall has culturally adapted the World Health Organization’s digital mental health intervention programme called ‘Step-by-Step’, which can be delivered using a smartphone. The programme seeks to improve mental health outcomes in areas where face‑to‑face mental health services may be difficult to access. In his opinion, community mental health services in Macao and other cities in the Greater Bay Area are in short supply, and the number of clinical psychologists and other mental health specialists has always been insufficient to meet the demand, which poses a serious risk to public health. ‘If you look at China as a whole, there are 1.4 billion people in the country and there is a great demand for mental health services. So digital mental health interventions is a solution to that challenge,’ says Prof Hall. Currently, the team is conducting rigorous randomised controlled trials of the WHO digital mental health programme Step-by-Step among Chinese students, Chinese adults and Filipino migrant workers in Macao, evaluating the effectiveness of the programme to meet the mental health needs of a diverse society. Connecting Students to Their Community Prof Hall covers a wide spectrum of topics in his research, including mental health needs in times of crises. For instance, within one month of the end of Typhoon Hato (2017), his research group developed a questionnaire and launched a study that examined the mental health consequences and help-seeking behaviours of Chinese students. Prof Hall conducted the study in Macao, in collaboration with his students from Macao, and the Student Affairs Office (SAO) of UM. ‘We enrolled almost 2,000 students at UM, which is a large sample, representing 20 per cent of the entire student population,’ he says. The project linked students to needed counselling services provided by the SAO. Key research questions were related to the prevalence of common mental health issues following the typhoon exposure, and preferences and barriers to mental health treatment among students. Related papers were published by the European Journal of Psychotraumatology, one of the most influential journals in the field of traumatic stress studies 2. The core mission of the research group is to conduct research to inform interventions and policies that can address key problems in public health. Prof Hall 澳大全球與社區心理健康研究組與澳門扶康會就澳門照 顧智力和精神殘疾人士的華人所承受的負擔和心理健康 狀況進行調查 The Global and Community Mental Health Research Group of UM collaborates with the Fuhong Society of Macau on a study on the caregiving burden and mental health condition of Chinese caregivers of people with intellectual and mental disabilities in Macao
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