Chief of Service: Dr. Michael MC Wong
General Office & Enquiry No.: 2255 3067

The Department of Psychiatry, established in 1972, is situated from the second to seventh floor of Block J of the Hospital. The Western Psychiatric Centre is incorporated to the Department from 1 October 1993.

The Department provides multiple subspecialty psychiatry services. There are 6 teams, namely: General Psychiatry Team 1 (include Consultation Liaison), General Psychiatry Team 2, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Team, Community Psychiatry Team, Psychogeriatric Team and Early Psychosis Team. There are 82 in-patient beds for adult, psychogeriatric and child & adolescent psychiatric patients in the hospital. There are three day hospitals. The Child day hospital (18 places) is situated in Queen Mary Hospital. The adult and psychogeriatric day hospital (55 and 18 places respectively) are situated in the Western Psychiatric Centre. The department provides extensive consultation liaison service to other departments in the hospital. Specialist out-patient clinics include general adult clinic, psychogeriatric clinic, child & adolescent clinic, clinic for sleep disorders clinic. There are outreach services to old age homes, Education Department and non-government organizations which provides community services to mental patients. The Department has a long tradition of providing care by a multidisciplinary approach and team members include psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, medical social workers, and occupational therapists.

In line with the regionalization of medical services in Hong Kong, the Department provides comprehensive service to the Central, Western, Southern regions (West of Aberdeen Tunnel) of Hong Kong, as well as the outlying islands.

The department also has close collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong in providing undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and clinical research [University Department's Home Page ].