Digital Mental Health:

Chan, A. T. Y., Li, C. M., Tong, A. C. Y., Freeman, D., Koh, Y. M., & Mak, W. W. S. (2025). An Automated Virtual Reality Cognitive-Behavioural Preventive Intervention for Adults with Agoraphobic Symptoms: A Randomised Controlled Trial of adapted gameChange in Hong Kong. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. DOI: 10.1159/000549113

Auyeung, L., Mak, W. W. S., Tsang, E. Z., & Yang, P. L. (2025). Impact of a digital decision aid when choosing between face-to-face and guided Internet-based psychological interventions for depression among Chinese-speaking participants in Hong Kong: Randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e54727. https://doi.org/10.2196/70436

Auyeung, L., Tsang, E. Z., & Mak, W. W. S. (2025). Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to design an online direct-to-consumer marketing of Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for people with depression: Randomized controlled trial. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 19,100695, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100695

Tong, A. C. Y., Wong, K. T. Y., Chung, W. T., & Mak, W. W. S. (2025). Effectiveness of topic-based chatbots on mental health self-care and mental well-being: Randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e70436. https://doi.org/10.2196/70436

Mak, W. W. S., Tong, A. C. Y., Fu, A. C. M., Leung, I. W. Y., Jung, O. H. C., Watkins, E. R., & Lui, W. W. S. (2024). Efficacy of Internet-based rumination-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based intervention with guided support in reducing risks of depression and anxiety: A randomized controlled trial. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12512

Stigma:

Yu, B. C. L., Chio, F. H. N., Cheung, R. Y. M., Kakani K., Mak, W. W. S. (2025). How does family face relate to intention to seek therapist-guided and digital self-guided psychological interventions? Mediating effects of interdependent stigma and help-seeking attitudes. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02990-5

Chan, R. C. H., Hung, F. N., & Mak, W. W. S. (2025). Evolving experiences of HIV stigma and their impact on well-being: A serial cross-sectional study of people living with HIV in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2022. SSM-Mental Health, 100415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100415

Fong, T. H. C., & Mak, W. W. S. (2022). Effects of Internet-based storytelling programs (Amazing Adventure Against Stigma) in reducing mental illness stigma with mediation by interactivity and stigma content: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(8), e37973.

Yuen, A. S. Y. & Mak, W. W. S. (2021). The effects of immersive virtual reality in reducing public stigma in the university population of Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(7), e23683.

Yu, B. C.L., Chio, F. H. N., Mak, W. W. S., Corrigan, P. W. & Chan, K. K. Y. (2021). Internalization process of stigma of people with mental illness across cultures: A meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach, Clinical Psychology Review, 87, 102029.

Buddhist Psychology:

Shen, K. H. L., Yu, B. C. L., Mak, W. W. S., Lai, L. W. L. (2025). From indifference to advocacy: Investigating the effects of interconnectedness and critical reflection on promoting collective action intention within LGBT+ and heterosexual cisgender individuals. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

Yu, B. C. L., Mak, W. W. S., Chio, F. H. N., Sik, H. T., & Chan, R. M. K. (2025). A longitudinal investigation of the relative temporal association of tranquility, concentration, and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) with nonattachment and mental health. Applied Research in Quality of Life, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-025-10443-z

Mak, W. W. S., Ng, S. M., & Yu, B. C. L. (2023). Nonattachment is associated with positive belief in humanity and life and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mindfulness, 14(11), 2617–2625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02219-z

Yu, B. C. L., Mak, W. W. S., Leung, I. W. Y., & Chio, F. H. N. (2021). Reducing stigma through interconnectedness and compassion: A Buddhism-based approach to reduce stigma towards people with mental illness. Mindfulness. 12(7), 1779-1790. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01640-6

Yu, B. C. L, Mak, W. W. S., & Chio, F. H. N. (2020). Promotion of well-being by raising the awareness on the interdependent nature of all matters: Development and validation of the Interconnectedness Scale. Mindfulness. 11, 1238–1252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01334-5