SPEAKER: DR EARNEST LUK, SIU-LUEN

TOPIC: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE IN ADULT PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT

This talk will explore the application of a developmental perspective in providing psychological treatment to adults. The first part looks at the continuation of child and adolescent psychopathology into adult life. The second part concerns the understanding of the developmental aspects of young adulthood. Many issues related to adolescence continue to affect young adults between the ages of 18 to 25 who present with mental health problems. The third part examines the concept of development in relation to the whole of human life. Even for people who present with mental health problems in late adult life, developmental concepts are useful in shaping how we provide psychological treatment.

DATE:	MONDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER, 2007
TIME:	7:00 – 7:30 p.m. - Coffee, Tea and Snacks 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. - Speaker
PLACE:	THE HELENA MAY 35 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong (opposite the American Consulate)
FEE:	MEMBERS $30                         NON-MEMBERS $70 STUDENT NON-MEMBERS $20

ABOUT DR. LUK: Dr. Luk worked in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong from 1975 to 1989. From 1980 to 1982, he received training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK. In 1989, he moved to the University of Otago, New Zealand as a Senior Lecturer. He was an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, from 1993 to 1996. Subsequently, he became Director of Research of Maroondah Hospital CAMHS and Associate Professor at Monash University until 2002. Currently he is in private practice in Hong Kong and is an adjunct professor of the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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