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Thank you for your interest in joining the Jockey Club TCM-Driven Mental Wellness Project. To participate in this project, you need to complete a screening questionnaire. Before doing so, please go through the following criteria to confirm that you meet the requirements.
This project is suitable for individuals who are:
- Between 18 and 65 years;
- Experiencing mild-to-moderate depression, anxiety, and insomnia (to be assessed by a short questionnaire);
- Understand and be able to follow written and oral instructions in Chinese to complete the assessment questionnaires;
- Willing and able to provide informed consent.
You will not be able to participate in this project if you have the following conditions:
- Currently undergoing prescribed psychotropic medication, psychotherapy or TCM treatments for sleep and mood disturbances;
- Currently receiving treatment such as psychological counselling and/or cognitive behavioral therapy for sleep and mood disturbances;
- Currently having suicidal or self-injurious thoughts or behaviors;
- Pregnancy or lactating for women;
- Allergic to Chinese herbal drugs;
- Concurrent participation in other clinical trials;
- Currently have or historically had:
- Psychiatric or psychotic disorders such as mania, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder;
- Major neurologic disorder such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia, brain tumor, seizure disorder or delirium episode;
- Serious chronic illness, such as cancer, stroke, heart diseases, end-stage liver and kidney diseases;
- Alcohol and/or substance abuse disorder.
