The “Family-based Treatment for Chinese Families of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders” workshop organised by Institute of Mental Health of Castle Peak Hospital was successfully held on 7 & 8 November 2025, with a total of 62 mental health care professionals and members of the public joined face-to-face.

We were honoured to invite Prof. Joyce Ma, Emeritus Professor of the Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), as well as Clinical Co-Director of Asian Academy of Family Therapy (AAFT), to be our speaker.

In the workshop, Prof. Joyce Ma introduced the basic knowledge of both family therapy and multiple family therapy approaches in helping families of children with ADHD. Through interactive session and case sharing, participants were equipped with therapeutics frameworks and strategies of applying family therapy approaches when working with clients.