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Presentation Title: Prevention of Depression and Suicide in Chinese Americans
Dr. Fung will review screening Chinese patients for risk factors on depression and suicide, and discuss application of culturally competent methods to discuss depression and suicide with Chinese patients
Time: Sunday Afternoon
Purpose: To improve competence and performance in screening for depression and recognize risk factors for depression
Objectives:
- Identify risk factors for depression and suicide in Asian and Chinese-Americans
- Apply culturally competent methods to discuss depression and suicide with patients
- Perform screening on patients for risk factors on depression and suicide
Current Positions:
Associate Professor, Equity, Gender, and Populations Division, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing; Associate Member, Graduate Department of Nursing Science, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
Bio:
Dr. Kenneth Fung is a Staff Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of the Asian Initiative in Mental Health Program at the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network. He is also Associate Professor with Equity, Gender, and Populations Division at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. He completed a two-year fellowship in Cultural Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and his Master thesis was on alexithymia among Chinese Canadians. His primary research, teaching, and clinical interests include both cultural psychiatry and psychotherapy. He co-leads the Pillar 4 Dialogue of the Department of Psychiatry Strategic Plan, University of Toronto, which focuses on issues regarding equity, social justice, and social responsibility, and is the Block Coordinator of the Cultural Psychiatry Core Seminars for psychiatry residents. He is the seminar coordinator and a psychotherapy supervisor in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) at the University Health Network, and teaches and conducts research in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). He has been involved in community-based research projects related to HIV, mental health stigma, and immigrant and refugee mental health. He is psychiatric consultant to the Hong Fook Mental Health Association and is involved in various mental health promotion and education projects in the community. He also offers consultations at Mon Sheong Scarborough Long-Term Care Centre. He is the current Chair of the Ontario Chapter of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science. He is the past Chair and current Historian of the Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies.