分别于1984年，1987年和1995年获得医学学士（临床医学）、医学硕士（精神病与精神卫生）、医学博士（精神病与精神卫生）学位。

1987年开始一直在中南大学（原湖南医科大学）公共卫生学院工作。

精神卫生政策发展（CMB合作研究项目）
儿童被动吸烟的干预研究（自然科学基金）
我国重点人群情绪问题的预警与干预研究（国家科技支撑计划）
中国精神卫生发展（CMB）
汶川地震灾区心理社会支持（联合国人口基金会、世界卫生组织、卫生部）

1. Yang M, Zhou L, Hao W, Xiao SY*. Drug policy in China: progress and challenges. Lancet. 2014, 383(9916): 509
2. Yang M, Mamy J, Zhou L, Liao YH, Wang Q, Seewoobudul V, Xiao SY*, Hao W*. Gender differences in prevalence and correlates of antisocial personality disorder among heroin dependent users in compulsory isolation treatment in China. Addictive behaviors. 2014, 39(3):573-9.
3. Xiao SY, Yang M, Zhou L, Hao W. Transition of China's Drug Policy: Problems in the Practice. Addiction (accepted)
4. Gong WJ, Xu D, Zhou L, Brown III HS, Smith KL, Xiao SY*: Village doctor-assisted case management of rural patients with schizophrenia: protocol for a clster randomized control trial. Implementation Science, 9:13, 2014
5. Yu, Y, Xiao SY*: Dating violence among gay men in China. J of Interpersonal violence, 28(12):2491-2504, 2013
6. Yan J, Xiao SY*, Zhou L, et al: A social epidemiological study on HIV/AIDS in a village of Henan Province, China. AIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 25(3):302-308, 2013
7. Rich ZC, Hu M, Xiao S. Gifting and sharing cigarettes in a rural Chinesevillage: a cross-sectional studyTob Control, 2013, (doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050956
8. Hu M , Rich ZC, Xiao SY*, et a1. Cigarette Sharing and Gifting in Rural China: a Focus Group Study, Nicotine Tobacco Research. 2012,14(3): 361～367.
9. Rich ZC, Xiao SY. Tobacco as a Social Currency: Cigarette Gifting and Sharing in China. Nicotine Tob Res, 2011, 14(3): 258～263.
10. Yu Y, Xiao SY*, Xiang Y: Application and testing the reliability and validity of a modified version of Herek’s Attitudes Toward lesbians and Gay Men Scale in China. J of Homosexuality. 58(2):263-274, 2011
11. Bai LQ, Yang HL, Jian XW, He XB Chen YF, Tang Y, Cheng SM, Xiao SY*. Increasing TB Case detection through intensive referral and tracing in Hunan, China. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD), 2008.
12. Xiao SY, Kohrman M: Anthropology in China’s health promotion and tobacco. Lancet, 372(9650):1617-1618, 2008
13. Wang SY, Li YH, Chi GB, Xiao SY, Ozanne-Smith J, Stevenson M, Phillips MR: Injury-related fatalities in China: an under-recognised public-health problem. Lancet, 2008,DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61367-7
14. Xiao SY, Khan M, Nam YY, Phillips M, Thomkangkoon P, Pirkis J, Hendin H. Improving Treatment in Asia of Depression and Other Disorders that Convey Suicide Risk. In Hendin H, et al (eds): Suicide and Suicide Prevention in Asia, Geneva: World Health Organization, 2008: 51～62.
15. Xiao SY: Suicide and suicide prevention in China. In Wasserman D & Wasserman C (ed). Oxford Textbook on Suicidology and Suicide prevention on the Five Continents. London: Oxford University Press, 2008
16. 肖水源：灾后社会心理支持手册。长沙，中南大学出版社，2010
17. 肖水源 刘飞跃精神卫生服务评估的基本框架。中国心理卫生杂志， 24， 761-765， 2010
18. 肖水源，胡宓：对企业员工自杀预防工作的若干建议。中国心理卫生杂志 24：725-726,2010