SM Ng

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
177 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

SM Ng is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, SM Ng has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Clinical Psychology, 38 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 35 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in SM Ng's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (22 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (17 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (16 papers). SM Ng is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (22 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (17 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (16 papers). SM Ng collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. SM Ng's co-authors include Rth Ho, Clw Chan, Ted C. T. Fong, Chak Po Lau, Hector W. H. Tsang, Zhenyang Lin, Chy Chan, Jessie S. M. Chan, Chong‐Wen Wang and Ka‐Fai Chung and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

SM Ng

163 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of SM Ng

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Brief-Guided Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for People with Emotional Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic 2025 ·Clinical Social Work Journal ·Daniel K. W. Young, Per Carlbring, SM Ng, (unknown), Petrus Ng, (unknown), Hau-lin Tam, Jerf W. K. Yeung	0
2	Multicomponent Intervention on Improving Cognitive Impairment: Randomized Control Trial with 6-Month Follow-Up 2025 ·Research on Social Work Practice ·Daniel K. W. Young, (unknown), Petrus Ng, SM Ng, (unknown), Toben F. Nelson, (unknown)	0
3	Mindfulness-based family psychoeducation intervention for caregivers of young adults with first-episode psychosis: results at 9-month follow-up 2024 ·Frontiers in Psychiatry ·(unknown), Herman Hay Ming Lo, Wing‐Chung Ho, (unknown), SM Ng, Winnie W. S. Mak, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Karen S. Y. Hung, (unknown), (unknown), Jessica Wong, Simon S. Y. Lui, (unknown), (unknown), Sunny Ho‐Wan Chan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
4	Religious Chanting and Self-Related Brain Regions: A Multi-Modal Neuroimaging Study 2024 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·(unknown), Stavros Skouras, Junling Gao, (unknown), SM Ng, (unknown), (unknown)	0
5	Multicomponent Intervention on Improving the Cognitive Ability of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial 2024 ·Journal of Gerontological Social Work ·Daniel K. W. Young, Timothy Kwok, Petrus Ng, SM Ng, (unknown)	1
6	The Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Family Psychoeducation Intervention for the Caregivers of Young Adults with First-Episode Psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2023 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·(unknown), Herman Hay Ming Lo, SM Ng, Winnie W. S. Mak, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Karen S. Y. Hung, (unknown), Jessica Wong, Simon S. Y. Lui, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sunny Ho‐Wan Chan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	14
7	Feasibility trial of a technology-based intervention (TI) among men with alcohol dependence from rural settings in India 2023 ·Alcohol ·SM Ng, R Sreevani, (unknown), (unknown)	1
8	A multi-site randomized controlled trial of a brief daily workplace well-being program for community mental health workers —an integrative body-mind-spirit approach 2023 ·Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development ·SM Ng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Herman Hay Ming Lo, Albert Yeung, Daniel K. W. Young, Ted C. T. Fong, (unknown)	0
9	Low-intensity online mindfulness-based intervention for university students with anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic—A randomized controlled trial with 3-month follow-up 2023 ·Internet Interventions ·Daniel K. W. Young, Per Carlbring, Petrus Ng, (unknown), (unknown), SM Ng	2
10	Collaborative community mental health and aged care services with peer support to prevent late-life depression: study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial 2022 ·Trials ·Tianyin Liu, Dara Kiu Yi Leung, Shiyu Lu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), SM Ng, (unknown), VW Lou, Jennifer Tang, Daniel Fu Keung Wong, (unknown), (unknown), Terry Yat Sang Lum, Gloria Hoi Yan Wong	15
11	Hypnotherapy for persons with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A three-arm randomized controlled trial 2022 ·American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis ·(unknown), SM Ng	7
12	Trust as a mediator in the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and IL-6 level in adulthood 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·SM Ng, Ling‐Li Leng, (unknown), Jessie S. M. Chan, Chy Chan, Kwok‐Fai So, Ang Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Anna Choi, Zoë Chouliara, (unknown), Clw Chan, Clifton R. Emery	9
13	A Brief Body‐Mind‐Spirit Group Therapy for Chinese Medicine Stagnation Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2018 ·Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine ·SM Ng, Ling‐Li Leng, Rth Ho, Zhang‐Jin Zhang, Qi Wang	4
14	Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Social Work: An Empirically Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment (2nd edition) 2018 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·(unknown), Chy Chan, Clw Chan, SM Ng, (unknown)	1
15	A randomized controlled trial on the psychophysiological effects of physical exercise and Tai-chi in patients with chronic schizophrenia 2016 ·Schizophrenia Research ·Rth Ho, Ted C. T. Fong, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Irene Cheung, Phyllis H. Y. Lo, SM Ng, Clw Chan, Eric Chen	75
16	Dyadic associations between psychological distress and sleep disturbance among Chinese patients with cancer and their spouses 2016 ·Psycho-Oncology ·Jessie S. M. Chan, Nancy Xiaonan Yu, Amy Yin Man Chow, Clw Chan, Ka‐Fai Chung, Rth Ho, SM Ng, (unknown), Chy Chan	11
17	The Effect of T'ai Chi Exercise on Immunity and Infections: A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials 2013 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·Rth Ho, Chong‐Wen Wang, SM Ng, Andy Hau Yan Ho, Eric Ziea, Vivian Taam Wong, Clw Chan	23
18	Qigong Exercise for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials 2012 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·Clw Chan, Chongwen Wang, Rth Ho, SM Ng, Eric Ziea, Vivian Taam Wong	34
19	Functional and Psychosocial Effects of Health Qigong in Patients with COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2011 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·SM Ng, Hector W. H. Tsang, Alice Jones, (unknown), Thomas Mok	59
20	Efficacy of a Brief Intervention for Carers of People with First-Episode Psychosis: A Waiting List Controlled Study 2006 ·Hong Kong journal of psychiatry ·(unknown), Eric Chen, Raymond C. K. Chan, Chee Wing Wong, S. F. Hung, Dicky W. S. Chung, SM Ng, Clw Chan	20

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