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Other Drama Education or Destigmatization Programmes

- Bartsch, A., Kalch, A., & Oliver, M. B. (2014). Moved to think: The role of emotional media experiences in stimulating reflective thoughts. Journal of Media Psychology, 26(3), 125–140. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000118.

- Burns, P. A., Klukas, E., Sims-Gomillia, C., Omondi, A., Bender, M., & Poteat, T. (2022). As Much As I Can–Utilizing Immersive Theatre to Reduce HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination Toward Black Sexual Minority Men. Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 0272684X221115920. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272684X2211159.

Chan, A. K., Yeung, T. T., Sum, M. Y., Xiong, J. S., Chan, S. K., & Cheng, K. S. (2022). Mental health youth ambassador programme for anti-stigma among secondary students in Hong Kong: A pilot study. East Asian Archives of Psychiatry, 32(3), 57-61.  https://doi.org/10.12809/eaap2227.

- Gao, S., & Ng, S. M. (2021). Reducing Stigma Among College Students Toward People With Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Grounded on Intergroup Contact Theory. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 2(1), sgab008. https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgab008

Gudyanga, D., Palmer, T., Wright, N., O'Regan, E., Shonai, C., Mlambo, N., ... & Mangezi, W. (2021). Z Factor: Drama as a tool to tackle mental health stigma: study design and protocol for community and public engagement in rural Zimbabwe. Wellcome Open Research, 6. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16262.1.

- Patel, P. P., Gandhi, A. M., & Desai, C. K. (2022). Cinemeducation: a teaching-learning tool to teach professionalism and ethics in medical undergraduates. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 11(2), 91. https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20220405.

- Vyncke, B., & Van Gorp, B. (2018). An experimental examination of the effectiveness of framing strategies to reduce mental health stigma. Journal of Health Communication, 23(10-11), 899-908. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2018.1538272.

Understanding Stigma

Chan, K. K. S., & Fung, W. T. W. (2019). The impact of experienced discrimination and self-stigma on sleep and health-related quality of life among individuals with mental disorders in Hong Kong. Quality of Life Research, 28(8), 2171–2182.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02181-1.

- Equal Opportunities Commission. (2021). Baseline Survey on Public Attitudes towards Persons with a Disability 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2023, from https://www.eoc.org.hk/EOC/Upload/UserFiles/File/ResearchReport/201109/DisabilityReport(eng).pdf.

- Griffiths, K. M., Christensen, H., & Jorm, A. F. (2008). Predictors of depression stigma. BMC Psychiatry, 8, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-8-25.

- Hecht, M., Kloß, A., & Bartsch, A. (2022). Stopping the Stigma. How Empathy and Reflectiveness Can Help Reduce Mental Health Stigma. Media Psychology, 25(3), 367–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2021.1963991.

- Oexle, N., Müller, M., Kawohl, W., Xu, Z., Viering, S., Wyss, C., ... & Rüsch, N. (2018). Self-stigma as a barrier to recovery: a longitudinal study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 268, 209-212. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00406-017-0773-2.

- Pirkis, J., Blood, R. W., Francis, C., & McCallum, K. (2006). On-screen portrayals of mental illness: Extent, nature, and impacts. Journal of health communication, 11(5), 523-541. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730600755889.

- Slopen, N., Lewis, T. T., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Discrimination and sleep: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine, 18, 88–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2015.01.012.

Fighting Stigma

- Greenstein, L. (2017, October 11). 9 Ways to Fight Mental Health Stigma. https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma.

Understanding Depression

- American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Major Depressive Disorder. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.

- Choi, E. P. H., Hui, B. P. H., & Wan, E. Y. F. (2020). Depression and anxiety in Hong Kong during COVID-19. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(10), 3740. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103740.

- Lam, L. C. W., Wong, C. S. M., Wang, M. J., Chan, W. C., Chen, E. Y. H., Ng, R. M. K., ... & Bebbington, P. (2015). Prevalence, psychosocial correlates and service utilization of depressive and anxiety disorders in Hong Kong: the Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey (HKMMS). Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 50, 1379-1388. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-015-1014-5

- Lun, K. W., Chan, C. K., Ip, P. K., Ma, S. Y., Tsai, W. W., Wong, C. S., ... & Yan, D. (2018). Depression and anxiety among university students in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Medical Journal, 24(5), 466-472.  https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3d4e/f2677042bf7f1575a477d09440295ff0939a.pdf.

- Shek, Dou, D., & Zhu, X. (2022). Prevalence and Correlates of Mental Health of University Students in Hong Kong: What Happened One Year After the Occurrence of COVID-19? Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 857147–857147. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.857147.

- MindHK. (2020). The Landscape of Mental Health in Hong Kong - Research Report.

https://www.mind.org.hk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Landscape-of-Mental-Health-in-Hong-Kong-Report-.pdf.

Measures Tackling and Relieving Depression

Li, J., & Qin, X. (2021). Efficacy of mindfulness‐based stress reduction on fear of emotions and related cognitive behavioral processes in Chinese University students: A randomized controlled trial. Psychology in the Schools, 58(10), 2068–2084. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22578.  

- NHS. (2022,  December 10). Treatment - Clinical depression. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/clinical-depression/treatment/.

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