Outpatient mental health services in Hong Kong should be resumed in the evenings and weekends so patients do not have to take time off during office hours and face discrimination, a study has found.
About 80 per cent of 439 mental health patients polled by the Concord Mutual-aid Club Alliance, a patient rights and self-help group, said if such services were available, they would not have to make up excuses to attend consultations.
In 2001, the Hospital Authority offered the first general...
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