Emotional Wellbeing Ambassador –
Post Fire Support Training
10 December 2025
Dr May Lam
Specialist in Psychiatry
MBBS (NSW) FRCPsych FHKCPsych. FHKAM (Psychiatry)
Abstract
In response to the Tai Po Fire tragedy, The Chinese Medical Association (CMA) and The Hong Kong Mental Wellness Association (HKMWA) conducted a series of Mental Wellness Ambassadors Trainings.
Mental Wellness Ambassador Trainings aim to build up resilience of general medical practitioners and nursing staff, to equip them with capacity and capability of early risk detection for people with possible acute stress through evidence based approach. Medical and nursing staff eventually become gatekeepers who can provide appropriate support to patients with mental distress until professional services are available.
Over 200 medical general practitioners and nursing staff coming from various districts, including Tai Po, Eastern, Southern, Central and Western, are trained up as “Mental Wellness Ambassadors”.
Dr May Lam
Specialist in Psychiatry
MBBS (NSW) FRCPsych FHKCPsych. FHKAM (Psychiatry)
Dr Lam is a Psychiatry Specialist, Founder and President of The Hong Kong Mental Wellness Association. Dr Lam serves as Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the HKU Faculty of Medicine; Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) at Department of Psychiatry, CUHK; and Adjunct Associate Professor at Department of Social Work and Social Administrations, HKU; and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences of City University of HK.