Albert S. Yeung, MD
Director of Primary Care Research at Depression Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Specializes in treatment of depression.
- Phone: 617-726-8895
- Departments
- Department of Psychiatry
- Clinical Interests
- Depression
- Culturally sensitive treatment of depression for underserved
- populations and Asian Americans.
- Depression treatment using complementary and alternative
- medicine, including acupuncture, tai chi, and qigong.
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical Education
- MD, National Taiwan University Medical College
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Gender
- Male
- Foreign Languages
- Cantonese
- Mandarin
- Patient Age Group
- Adult
- Accepting New Patients
- No
BiographyDr. Albert Yeung obtained his medical degree from National Taiwan University. He also obtained a Doctor of Science degree with a major in epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health.
He completed residency training in psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
Research
Dr. Yeung's major research interests include integrating primary care and mental health services to improve treatment of depression, mental health issues of under-served populations, and the use of complementaryand alternative methods in treating mood and anxiety disorders.
He received a research training award from the Program for Minority Research Training in Psychiatry of the American Psychiatric Association Office of Research. In 2003,he was awarded a "Partners in Excellence Award" from Partners HealthCare, Inc. for his contributions to a project on improving treatment fordepressed patients in primary care.
Heis the recipient of a Career Development Award (2003-2008), and a RO1 ResearchAward, both from the National Institute of Mental Health.
He has authored or co-authored more than 50 original articles and book chapters, and a book on self-management of depression.
Publications
View my most recent publications at PubMed
Yeung A, Shyu I, Fisher L, Wu S, Yang H, Fava M L, Yang H, Fava M. Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment (CSCT) for Depressed Chinese Americans in Primary Care. American Journal of Public Health American Journal of Public Health 2010;100 (12) 2397-2402.
Culturally sensitive treatment model helps bring depressed Chinese immigrants into treatment
A treatment model designed to accommodate the beliefs and concerns of Chinese immigrants increased the percentage of depressed patients entering treatment nearly sevenfold.
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