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Eating Disorders, Digital Mental Health

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Culture, Psychological Trauma, Humanitarian Work

Eating Disorders, Digital Mental Health

  1. Cheng, Y., Chen, Y., Barnhart, W. R., Chen, C., Yim, S. H., Nagata, J. M., ... & He, J. (2025).Improving body image in female Chinese social media users with eating disorder symptoms: a randomized controlled trial of two online self-guided single-session interventions. J Eat Disord. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01497-3 

  2. Yim, S. H., D. W. Yoo, A. Polymerou, Y. Liu, and K. Saha. (2025). “ Generative AI for Eating Disorders: Linguistic Comparison With Online Support and Qualitative Analysis of Harms.” International Journal of Eating Disorders 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24604.

  3. Yim S. H, Baudinet J, Ebenezer P, Nuttall E, Sharpe H, Schmidt U. Turning Points in Eating Disorder Recovery Among Individuals From Marginalised Communities Using Objects: A Qualitative Study. Qualitative Health Research. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/10497323251377979 

  4. Yim, S. H., Clark, D. M., Salkovskis, P. M., & Thew, G. R. (2024). Sudden gains in internet cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder in routine clinical practice. Internet Interventions, 38, 100788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2024.100788

  5. Martini, M. G., Yim, S. H., Eisler, I., Micali, N., & Schmidt, U. (2024). Bonding and parent-child quality of interaction in parents with eating disorder: a scoping review. European Eating Disorders Review, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3144

  6. Yim, S. H. (2024). Clinician bodies in eating disorder services: a commentary. Eating Disorders, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2024.2358267

  7. Yim, S. H., Schmidt, U (2024). Views and experiences of eating disorders treatments in East Asia: a meta-synthesis. J Eat Disord 12, 120. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-024-01070-4

  8. Vollert, B., Yim, S. H., Görlich, D., Beintner, I., Gordon, G., Musiat, P., ... & Jacobi, C. (2024). Using web-based, guided self-help to bridge the waiting time for face-to-face out-patient treatment for bulimic-spectrum disorders: randomised controlled trial. BJPsych Open, 10(2), e53. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.629.

  9. Yim, S. H., & Schmidt, U. (2023). The effectiveness and cultural adaptations of psychological interventions for eating disorders in East Asia: A systematic scoping review. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56(12), 2165-2188. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24061

  10. Yim, S. H., Bailey, E., Gordon, G., Grant, N., Musiat, P., & Schmidt, U. (2020). Exploring Participants’ Experiences of a Web-Based Program for Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder: Qualitative Study. Journal of medical Internet research, 22(9), e17880. https://doi.org/10.2196/17880

  11. Yim, S. H., & Schmidt, U. (2019). Experiences of computer‐based and conventional self‐help interventions for eating disorders: A systematic review and meta‐synthesis of qualitative research. International Journal of Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23142

  12. Yim, S. H., & Schmidt, U. (2019). Self-Help Treatment of Eating Disorders. Psychiatric Clinics, 42(2), 231-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2019.01.006

Culture, Psychological Trauma, Humanitarian Work

  1. Yim, S. H., Veitch, E., Brady, F (2025). Recommendations and Reflections on Involving Survivors of Human Trafficking in Research. Clinical Psychology Forum. 

  2. Yim, S. H., Casalotti, S., Melzak, S., Katona, C., Midgley, N. Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s experiences of temporary leave to remain in the United Kingdom (under review).

  3. Yim, S. H., Haffejee, S., O’Reilly, M., Vostanis, P. Conceptualisation of child safety and mental health by parents in two Global South Contexts of Disadvantage (under review).

  4. Yim, S. H., Davidson S., Rasheed, O., S. Challenges of MHPSS in Acute Emergencies: A Survey Study of ICRC MHPSS Staff (under review). 

  5. Chen., C. Q., Yim, S. H., Pickering, A. Psychological interventions for PTSD children and adolescents in the early post-natural disasters period: A systematic scoping review (under review). 

  6. Yim, S. H., & Chiu, K. (2024). The development of a mental health service for East and Southeast Asian communities in the United Kingdom: A critical reflection. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000584

  7. Yim, S. H., Said, G., & King, D. (2024). Practical recommendations for addressing the psychological needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in England: A literature and service review. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045241252858

  8. Yim, S. H., Lorenz, H., & Salkovskis, P. (2023). The Effectiveness and Feasibility of Psychological Interventions for Populations Under Ongoing Threat: A Systematic Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231156198.

  9. Yim, S. H. (2022). Cultural heritage through the lens of community psychology and narrative therapy: a community project on Chinese and Vietnamese diaspora in London. International Journal of Heritage Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2022.2108486

Contact

Research into Eating, Adversity and Community Mental Health Laboratory

Department of Psychology

The Jockey Club Tower

University of Hong Kong

vanyim@hku.hk

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