168 students hospitalised over ‘severe mental health needs’ between Dec and Mar, gov’t says
Hong Kong schools referred 168 cases of students with “severe mental health needs” to public psychiatric services between last December and this March, according to the city’s education chief, amid an upward trend in student suicides. Psychiatric units run by the Hospital Authority (HA) received a total of 168 referrals from school principals, Secretary for Education Christine Choi told the Legislative Council (LegCo) on Wednesday. The HA also received 75 phone enquiries from schools, the minister said. The cases were referred to the HA through a three-tier mechanism which aimed to help school...