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Patrick Wing-Leung LEUNG

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Ph.D., Sheffield
Research Professor & Director, Graduate Studies in Clinical Psychology
Room 356, Sino Building
pleung@cuhk.edu.hk
3943 6502
2603 5019

Brief Introduction

Professor Patrick Leung is a clinician-scientist. Trained as a clinical psychologist in The University of Hong Kong and obtained his PhD in Psychology in University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, he is a pioneering researcher in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry, family functioning and parenting, and cognitive-behavioural therapy.
 
Prof. Leung is currently a Research Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in Clinical Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. An esteemed teacher of many local clinical psychologists and researchers in child mental health, he maintains his enthusiasm in the quest for more, especially in the understanding of the psychopathology, psychological assessment/intervention, and molecular basis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and recently autism spectrum disorder.

Research Interests

Child and adolescent psychiatry
Cognitive processes and psychopathology
Family functioning and parenting
psychological assessment and intervention
Molecular basis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder.

Teaching Areas

2024-2025
  • PSYC6941- Clinical Seminar IV 

Publications

Representative

Au, A., Li, S., Lee, K., Leung, P. W. L., Pan, P. C., et al. (2010). The coping with Caregiving Group Program for Chinese caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease in Hong Kong. Patient Education and Counseling, 78, 256-260.

McAlonan, G. M., Cheung, V., Chua, S. E., Oosterlaan, J., Hung, S. F., Tang, C. P., Lee, C. C., Kwong, S. L., Ho, T. P., Cheung, C., Suckling, J., & Leung, P. W. L. (2009). Age-related grey matter volume correlates of response inhibition and shifting in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, 123-129.

Leung, P. W. L., Hung, S. F., Ho, T. P., Lee, C. C., Liu, W. S., et al. (2008). Prevalence of DSM-IV disorders in Chinese adolescents and the effects of an impairment criterion: A pilot community study in Hong Kong. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 17, 452-461.

So, C. Y. C., Leung, P. W. L., & Hung, S. F. (2008). Treatment effectiveness of combined medication/behavioural treatment with Chinese ADHD children in routine practice. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 983-992.

Leung, P. W. L., Kwong, S. L., Tang, C. P., Ho, T. P., Hung, S. F. Lee, C. C., Hong, S. L., Chiu, C. M., & Liu, W. S. (2006). Test-retest reliability and criterion validity of the Chinese version of CBCL, TRF, and YSR. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 970-973.

Leung, P. W. L., Lee, C. C., Hung, S. F., Ho, T. P., Tang, C. P., Kwong, S. L., Leung, S. Y., Yuen, S. T., Lieh-Mak, F., Oosterlann, J., Grady, D., Harxhi, A., Ding, Y. C., Chi, H. C., Flodman, P., Schuck, S., Spence, M. A., Moyzis, R., & Swanson, J. (2005). The dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene in Han Chinese children with attention-deflicit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Increased prevalence of the 2-repeat allele. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 133B, 54-56.

Leung, P. W. L., & Wong, M. M. T. (2003). Measures of child and adolescent psychopathology in Asia. Psychological Assessment, 15, 268-279.

Leung, P. W. L., & Poon, M.W. L. (2001). Dysfunctional schemas and cognitive distortions in psychopathology: a test of the specificity hypothesis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 755-765.

Leung, P. W. L., & Connolly, K. J. (1997). Test of two views of impulsivity in hyperactive and conduct-disordered children. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 39, 574-582.

Leung, P. W. L., & Luk, S. L., Ho, T. P., Taylor, E., Lieh Mak, F., & Bacon-Shone, J. (1996). The diagnosis and prevalence of hyperactivity in Chinese schoolboys. British Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 486-496.

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