Published on in Vol 7 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/43526, first published .
Effects of Community-Based Caring Contact in Reducing Thwarted Belongingness Among Postdischarge Young Adults With Self-Harm: Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of Community-Based Caring Contact in Reducing Thwarted Belongingness Among Postdischarge Young Adults With Self-Harm: Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of Community-Based Caring Contact in Reducing Thwarted Belongingness Among Postdischarge Young Adults With Self-Harm: Randomized Controlled Trial

Yik Wa Law   1, 2 , BSocSc, MSW, PhD ;   Rita Hui Ting Lok   1 , BSc, MSc ;   Byron Chiang   1 , BSc, MArch ;   Carmen Chui Shan Lai   2 , BSW, MSocSc ;   Sik Hon Matthew Tsui   3 , MBBS ;   Pui Yin Joseph Chung   4 , MBBS ;   Siu Chung Leung   5 , MBBS

1 Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

2 The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

3 Accident and Emergency Department, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

4 Department of Psychiatry, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

5 Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

Corresponding Author:

  • Yik Wa Law, BSocSc, MSW, PhD
  • Department of Social Work and Social Administration
  • University of Hong Kong
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  • The Centennial Campus, HKU, Pokfulam
  • Hong Kong
  • China (Hong Kong)
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