Venlafaxine-associated serotonin syndrome and manic episode in a geriatric depressive patientChun-Hui Liau
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 60:121-2. 2006
- Omega-3 fatty acids for major depressive disorder during pregnancy: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Kuan Pin Su
Department of Psychiatry and Mind Body Interface Research Centre, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
J Clin Psychiatry 69:644-51. 2008
..In this study, we examined the efficacy of omega-3 PUFA monotherapy for the treatment of depression during pregnancy...
Biological mechanism of antidepressant effect of omega-3 fatty acids: how does fish oil act as a 'mind-body interface'?Kuan Pin Su
Department of General Psychiatry and Mind Body Interface Laboratory MBI Lab, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Neurosignals 17:144-52. 2009
..This review is to provide an overview of the evidence about the role of n-3 PUFAs in depression and its common comorbid physical conditions and to propose mechanisms by which they may modulate molecular and cellular functions...
- Mind-body interface: the role of n-3 fatty acids in psychoneuroimmunology, somatic presentation, and medical illness comorbidity of depression
Kuan Pin Su
Department of General Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, No 2, Yuh Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:151-7. 2008
..Indeed, the role of n-3 PUFAs in immunity and mood function supports the promising psychoneuroimmunologic hypothesis of depression and provides an excellent interface shared by body and mind...
- Different cutoff points for different trimesters? The use of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Beck Depression Inventory to screen for depression in pregnant Taiwanese women
Kuan Pin Su
Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:436-41. 2007
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- Omega-3 fatty acids in major depressive disorder. A preliminary double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Kuan Pin Su
Department of Psychiatry, China Medical College Hospital, No 2, Yuh Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 13:267-71. 2003
..001). From the preliminary findings in this study, omega-3 PUFAs could improve the short-term course of illness and were well tolerated in patients with major depressive disorder...
- Benzodiazepine use possibly increases cancer risk: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Taiwan
Chia Hung Kao
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
J Clin Psychiatry 73:e555-60. 2012
..To evaluate the possible association between benzodiazepine use and subsequent cancer risk in Taiwan...
Phospholipase A2 and cyclooxygenase 2 genes influence the risk of interferon-alpha-induced depression by regulating polyunsaturated fatty acids levelsKuan Pin Su
Department of Psychiatry and Mind Body Interface Laboratory, China Medical University, Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Biol Psychiatry 67:550-7. 2010
..Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) are the two key enzymes in the metabolism of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which in turn play an important role in cytokine-induced depression and sickness behavior...
- A meta-analytic review of polyunsaturated fatty acid compositions in dementia
Pao Yen Lin
Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
J Clin Psychiatry 73:1245-54. 2012
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- A meta-analytic review of polyunsaturated fatty acid compositions in patients with depression
Pao Yen Lin
Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Biol Psychiatry 68:140-7. 2010
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- A meta-analytic review of double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of antidepressant efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids
Pao Yen Lin
Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1056-61. 2007
..The goal of this study is to systematically evaluate the antidepressant efficacy of omega-3 PUFAs by using meta-analytic method...
- The effects of omega-3 fatty acids monotherapy in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: a preliminary randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study
Chih Chiang Chiu
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 32:1538-44. 2008
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- A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, citalopram, inhibits collagen-induced platelet aggregation and activation
Yu Lun Tseng
Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, and Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Thromb Res 126:517-23. 2010
..These findings might specify the mechanisms of inhibitory effects of citalopram on collagen mediated platelet activation and aggregation, and further support the cardioprotective effect of SSRIs...
- Relapse and long-acting injectable risperidone: a 1-year mirror image study with a national claims database in Taiwan
Kuan Pin Su
Department of Psychiatry, Mind Body Interface Research Centre, and Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Value Health 12:S118-21. 2009
..The study was designed to assess whether a risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) is associated with reduced relapses and service utilization in the real world...
- Interferon-α induces nitric oxide synthase expression and haem oxygenase-1 down-regulation in microglia: implications of cellular mechanism of IFN-α-induced depression
Dah Yuu Lu
Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 16:433-44. 2013
..The results from this study add the missing part of direct cellular mechanisms for IFN-α-induced depression...
- Docosahexaenoic acid suppresses neuroinflammatory responses and induces heme oxygenase-1 expression in BV-2 microglia: implications of antidepressant effects for ω-3 fatty acids
Dah Yuu Lu
Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Neuropsychopharmacology 35:2238-48. 2010
..In connecting with inflammation hypothesis of depression and clinical studies supporting the antidepressant effects of omega-3 PUFAs, this study provides a novel implication of the antidepressant mechanisms of DHA...
- A crossover study on lipid and weight changes associated with olanzapine and risperidone
Kuan Pin Su
Department of General Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, No 2, Yuh Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 183:383-6. 2005
..The crossover design can minimize the influence of individual variation in metabolic profiles and demographic variables, such as age, sex, concomitant medication use and personal life styles...
- Omega-3 fatty acids for depression in pregnancy
Chih-Chiang Chiu
Taichung, Taiwan
Am J Psychiatry 160:385. 2003
- A nationwide population-based cohort study: will anxiety disorders increase subsequent cancer risk?
Ji An Liang
Department of Radiation Oncology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
PLoS ONE 7:e36370. 2012
..The aim of this study was to evaluate a possible association between malignancy and anxiety disorders (AD) in Taiwan...
- Hypoalbuminemia in drug-free patients with major depressive disorder compared with a dietary matched control group: a clinical meaning beyond malnutrition
Shih-Yi Huang
Graduate Institute of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 15:227-30. 2005
..46, p=0.04). Hypoalbuminemia has clinical meanings on severity of depression and is independent of malnutrition. However, our results can only be seen as very preliminary and should be confirmed by larger studies...
- Omega-3 fatty acids are more beneficial in the depressive phase than in the manic phase in patients with bipolar I disorder
Chih-Chiang Chiu
J Clin Psychiatry 66:1613-4. 2005
- Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for postpartum depression
Chih-Chiang Chiu
Am J Obstet Gynecol 190:582-3; author reply 583. 2004
- Omega-3 fatty acids on the forced-swimming test
Shih Yi Huang
Graduate Institute of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
J Psychiatr Res 42:58-63. 2008
..Based on the findings of epidemiological data and recent clinical trials, omega-3 fatty acids seem to have a preventive and therapeutic effect on depression...
- Manic episode associated with citalopram therapy for interferon-induced depression in a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection
Po-Lun Wu
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:374-6. 2007
