The Archives of Psychiatry

Mr. Menza Hon-wai Chu is a registered Occupational Therapist in Hong Kong. Since 1990, he has worked in mental health service, mainly in two major mental hospitals in Hong Kong. Mr. Chu was conferred with a master degree in science on vocational rehabilitation in 2003. He also got an Advanced Diploma in Administrative Management and Post-graduate Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Mr. Chu is also an Int’l Diplomate and Certified Cognitive Therapist (The Academy of Cognitive Therapy, ACT U.S). Menza is also a member of Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers MINT. In 2010, he received the first ever Overseas Corporate Scholarship for Allied Health granted by the Hospital Authority to receive training on Community Mental Health in Melbourne. Menza is currently a senior occupational therapist, teaching OT students from The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong in a clinical education unit in Kwai Chung Hospital. He is also an overall in-charge of the Day and Ambulatory OT Service of the Hospital. He has been appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 2021. He is actively involved in conducting training on Community Psychiatry, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to OT undergraduates, frontline therapists, and nursing students. His research interest is on recovery and positive psychotherapy in recent years. He has also served as a reviewer for the Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy and the Journal of Mental Health, U.S.