Amineptine treatment of persistent catatonic symptoms in schizophrenia: a controlled studyGabor S Ungvari
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Neuropsychopharmacol Hung 12:463-7. 2010
..The aim of this study was to explore the therapeutic effects of add-on amineptine, a dopamine agonist antidepressant in chronic catatonia occurring in schizophrenia...
The catatonia conundrum: evidence of psychomotor phenomena as a symptom dimension in psychotic disordersGabor S Ungvari
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Schizophr Bull 36:231-8. 2010
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Absence of cerebral microbleeds predicts reversion of vascular 'cognitive impairment no dementia' in strokeWai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
Int J Stroke 6:498-505. 2011
..AIMS AND HYPOTHESIS: This study examined the association between cerebral microbleeds and the reversion of cognitive impairment no dementia...
- Impact of sociodemographic and clinical factors on subjective quality of life in schizophrenia patients in Beijing, China
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:853-6. 2007
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- Poststroke depression in Chinese patients: frequency, psychosocial, clinical, and radiological determinants
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 18:45-51. 2005
..Multivariate logistic regression analysis suggested that female gender, a high MLES score, and subcortical and ACA lesions were independent risk factors for PSD and that a high LSNS score was a protective factor...
- Gender differences in sociodemographic and clinical characteristic and the quality of life of Chinese schizophrenia patients
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ground Floor, Multicentre Building, Tai Po Hospital, Tai Po, NT, Hong Kong
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:450-5. 2010
..The aim of the present study was to determine the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of the gender of Chinese schizophrenia outpatients and their impact on patients quality of life (QOL)...
- The low frequency of reported sexual dysfunction in Asian patients with schizophrenia (2001-2009): low occurrence or ignored side effect?
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Hum Psychopharmacol 26:352-7. 2011
..The purpose of the study was to evaluate the frequency of reported sexual dysfunction (SD) in schizophrenia and its associations with sociodemographic and clinical variables in selected Asian countries...
- Frequency and clinical determinants of poststroke cognitive impairment in nondemented stroke patients
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 19:65-71. 2006
..After removal of 54 patients with previous stroke from the sample, the frequency of cognitive impairment decreased to 18.4%. It was concluded that cognitive impairment is common among nondemented Chinese stroke patients in Hong Kong...
- Caregiving burden and quality of life of pneumoconiosis caregivers in Hong Kong
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Heart Lung 40:412-9. 2011
..Silicosis is the most common type of pneumoconiosis in Hong Kong. This study explored the clinical correlates of the caregiving burden and quality of life (QOL) among pneumoconiosis caregivers in Hong Kong...
- Acute basal ganglia infarcts in poststroke fatigue: an MRI study
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Neurol 257:178-82. 2010
..Acute BG infarct remained an independent predictor of PSF in the multivariate analysis. In conclusion, these results suggest that BG infarcts may play a role in the development of PSF...
- Frequency and determinants of prestroke dementia in a Chinese cohort
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Shatin, N T, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Neurol 251:604-8. 2004
..Comparative studies involving both Caucasian and Chinese stroke patients are required to further explore the role of AF and TIA in the development of PSD in both Chinese and Caucasian patients...
- Prescribing patterns of low doses of antipsychotic medications in older Asian patients with schizophrenia, 2001-2009
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Int Psychogeriatr 24:1002-8. 2012
..This study examined the use of low doses of antipsychotic medications (300 mg/day CPZeq or less) in older Asian patients with schizophrenia and its demographic and clinical correlates...
- Can the Geriatric Depression Scale detect poststroke depression in Chinese elderly?
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
J Affect Disord 81:153-6. 2004
..Little is known about the performance of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) in the screening of post-stroke depression (PSD) among Chinese elderly...
- Screening of dementia in stroke patients with lacunar infarcts: comparison of the mattis dementia rating scale and the mini-mental state examination
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 18:3-7. 2005
..41, 0.98, and 0.91, respectively. The overall performance of the MDRS-IP was comparable to the MMSE...
- Prevalence and correlates of insomnia and its impact on quality of life in Chinese schizophrenia patients
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University ofHong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, BeijingAnding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Sleep 32:105-9. 2009
..This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the sociodemographic and clinical correlates of insomnia in Chinese schizophrenia outpatients and its impact on patients' quality of life (QOL)...
- Rasch analysis of the scoring scheme of the HADS Depression subscale in Chinese stroke patients
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Psychiatry Res 150:97-103. 2007
..In clinical samples with a low frequency of depression, the scoring categories of the HADS-D may be reduced...
- Emotional incontinence in Chinese stroke patients--diagnosis, frequency, and clinical and radiological correlates
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong
J Neurol 251:865-9. 2004
..In conclusion, PSEI is relatively common among Chinese stroke survivors. A previous history of depression or cortical lesions were independent predictors for PSEI. There is a need for a revision of the diagnostic criteria for PSEI...
- Impact of applying NINDS-AIREN criteria of probable vascular dementia to clinical and radiological characteristics of a stroke cohort with dementia
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Cerebrovasc Dis 18:98-103. 2004
..There are no data concerning the relative representation of clinical vascular risk factors and radiological lesions in cases that have been ruled in and ruled out for probable vascular dementia (VaD) according to NINDS-AIREN criteria...
- The scoring scheme of the informant questionnaire on cognitive decline in the elderly needs revision: results of rasch analysis
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 18:250-6. 2004
..Although the IQCODE was unidimensional overall, there was evidence of item redundancy, thus indicating that a shortened version is desirable...
- Cerebral microbleeds and suicidality in stroke
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Psychosomatics 53:439-45. 2012
..This study examined the association between SI and CMBs. The aim of the study reported here was to determine the relationship between CMBs and SI in ischemic stroke survivors...
- Antipsychotic treatment in older schizophrenia patients with extrapyramidal side effects in Asia (2001 - 2009)
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 50:500-4. 2012
..This study surveyed the prescribing patterns of antipsychotic medications in Asian older schizophrenia patients with extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) during the period between 2001 and 2009...
- Rating catatonia in patients with chronic schizophrenia: Rasch analysis of the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale
Eric Wong
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 16:161-70. 2007
..The aim of the present study was to examine the suitability and accuracy of using the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS) in chronic schizophrenia inpatients...
- Independent association of prospective memory with retrospective memory and intelligence in schizophrenia: a controlled study
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 25:680-4. 2010
..In schizophrenia, PM deficit may arise from the impairments of the retrospective components of memory...
- Detecting depression in Chinese stroke patients: a pilot study comparing four screening instruments
Wai Kwong Tang
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Hong Kong, China
Int J Psychiatry Med 34:155-63. 2004
..To determine which screening instrument is most suitable for detecting depression in Chinese stroke patients...
- Common use of anticholinergic medications in older patients with schizophrenia: findings of the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Pattern (REAP) study, 2001-2009
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 28:305-11. 2013
..This study surveyed the use of anticholinergic medications (ACMs) in older Asian patients with schizophrenia and examined its demographic and clinical correlates...
- Common use of antipsychotic polypharmacy in older Asian patients with schizophrenia (2001-2009)
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Clin Psychopharmacol 32:809-13. 2012
..The aim of this study was to survey the use of antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) in older Asian patients with schizophrenia and examine its demographic and clinical correlates...
- Is insomnia associated with suicidality in stroke?
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 92:2025-7. 2011
..To evaluate the relationship between insomnia and suicidality (SI) in Chinese patients with first or recurrent stroke...
- Health-related quality of life in the family caregivers of stroke survivors
Yangkun Chen
Departments of aPsychiatry bMedicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Int J Rehabil Res 33:232-7. 2010
..Further studies evaluating interventions on caregivers' HRQOL should include the assessment and management of mood disorders...
- Cerebral microbleeds and depression in lacunar stroke
W K Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China
Stroke 42:2443-6. 2011
..The clinical significance of CMB in the development of depression after a stroke is unknown. This study examined the association between poststroke depression (PSD) and CMB...
- Is fatigue associated with short-term health-related quality of life in stroke?
Wai K Tang
Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 91:1511-5. 2010
..Tang WK, Lu JY, Chen YK, Mok VC, Ungvari GS, Wong KS. Is fatigue associated with short-term health-related quality of life in stroke?..
- Examining item bias in the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:104-10. 2008
..No item had DIF for other indicators of the severity of COPD. In conclusion, this study found that for one item the HADS-A has significant item bias for the severity of disease in patients with COPD...
- Cerebral microbleeds and symptom severity of post-stroke depression: a magnetic resonance imaging study
W K Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Affect Disord 129:354-8. 2011
..This study examines the association between post-stroke depression (PSD) symptom severity and CMBs...
- Health-related quality of life in community-dwelling men with pneumoconiosis
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Respiration 73:203-8. 2006
..21) were the most important predictors of the HRQOL. CONCLUSIONS: Besides lung functions, chest clinicians should consider the impact of mood symptoms and comorbidity on the HRQOL in the management of patients with pneumoconiosis...
- Prescribing patterns of antidepressants, antipsychotics and mood stabilizers in bipolar patients misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder in China
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China Mood Disorders Center, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Hum Psychopharmacol 27:626-31. 2012
..This study aimed to examine prescribing patterns of antidepressants, antipsychotics and mood stabilizers in BD patients misdiagnosed with MDD in China...
- Quality of life and mental health in Chinese culture
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Curr Opin Psychiatry 23:43-7. 2010
..The QOL concept is culture-dependent, which means that the results of Western studies may not be applicable to Chinese patients. The aim of this study is to summarize the recent literature on QOL and mental health in Chinese culture...
- Prospective memory deficits in patients with bipolar disorder: a preliminary study
Edwin Lee
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 25:640-7. 2010
..The time-based PM is impaired in BD patients. Depressive symptoms, age, and RM were determinants of certain aspects of impaired PM performance in BD patients...
- Association of frontal subcortical circuits infarcts in poststroke depression: a magnetic resonance imaging study of 591 Chinese patients with ischemic stroke
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 24:44-9. 2011
..In conclusion, FSC infarcts are independent predictors of PSD. Further work is needed to clarify whether these infarcts have an impact on the clinical presentation, treatment responses, and prognosis of PSD...
- Burden of Chinese stroke family caregivers: the Hong Kong experience
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 92:1462-7. 2011
..To ascertain the clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with family caregivers' burden in Chinese patients with stroke in Hong Kong...
- White matter hyperintensities in post-stroke depression: a case control study
W K Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 81:1312-5. 2010
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between WMHs and PSD in Chinese patients with first or recurrent stroke...
- The Geriatric Depression Scale should be shortened: results of Rasch analysis
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:783-9. 2005
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- Schizophrenia with prominent catatonic features ('catatonic schizophrenia'): I. Demographic and clinical correlates in the chronic phase
Gabor S Ungvari
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T Hong Kong SAR, China
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 29:27-38. 2005
..Catatonia can be differentiated from EPS. Catatonic features indicate a generally poor prognosis in the chronic phase of schizophrenia...
- Schizophrenia with prominent catatonic features ('catatonic schizophrenia'). II. Factor analysis of the catatonic syndrome
Gabor S Ungvari
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 31:462-8. 2007
..The results support recent findings that four main factors underlie catatonic signs/symptoms in chronic schizophrenia...
- Subjective quality of life in outpatients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong and Beijing: relationship to socio-demographic and clinical factors
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Qual Life Res 17:27-36. 2008
..This study compared the subjective quality of life (SQOL) in schizophrenia patients living with their families in Hong Kong (HK) and Beijing (BJ) and explored the relationship between SQOL and basic socio-demographic and clinical factors...
- Prospective memory and its correlates and predictors in schizophrenia: an extension of previous findings
Gabor S Ungvari
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 23:613-22. 2008
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- Schizophrenia with prominent catatonic features ('catatonic schizophrenia') III. Latent class analysis of the catatonic syndrome
Gabor S Ungvari
Department of Psychiatry, School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 33:81-5. 2009
..Identifying distinct catatonic syndromes would help to find their biological substrates and to develop specific therapeutic measures...
- Sociodemographic and clinical features of bipolar disorder patients misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder in China
Yu Tao Xiang
Mood Disorders Center, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Bipolar Disord 15:199-205. 2013
..This study aimed to compare demographic and clinical features between patients with MDD and those with BD, but being misdiagnosed as MDD, in China...
- Use of first- and second-generation antipsychotic medications in older patients with schizophrenia in Asia (2001-2009)
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 46:1159-64. 2012
..This study examined the prescribing patterns of several first- (FGAs) and second-generation antipsychotic (SGAs) medications administered to older Asian patients with schizophrenia during the period between 2001 and 2009...
- Health-related quality of life in patients with poststroke emotional incontinence
Yang Kun Chen
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 92:1659-62. 2011
..To assess the effect of poststroke emotional incontinence (PSEI) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...
- Is fatigue associated with suicidality in stroke?
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 92:1336-8. 2011
..To evaluate the relationship between poststroke fatigue and suicidality (SI) in Chinese patients with first or recurrent stroke...
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia: reliability of an operationalized approach to 'praecox-feeling'
Gabor S Ungvari
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Psychopathology 43:292-9. 2010
..This study examined the reliability of operationalized praecox-feeling against the background of modern diagnostic criteria and assessment methods...
- Frequency and determinants of poststroke dementia in Chinese
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Stroke 35:930-5. 2004
..The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and clinical correlates of PSDE in Chinese stroke patients in Hong Kong...
- Emotional incontinence and executive function in ischemic stroke: a case-controlled study
W K Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:62-8. 2009
..420. Further follow-up and functional imaging studies are warranted to explore the relationship between PSEI, brain infarcts, and executive dysfunction. (JINS, 2009, 15, 62-68.)...
- Frontal lobe atrophy in depression after stroke
W K Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong
Stroke Res Treat 2013:424769. 2013
..Further investigations are needed to clarify the impact of FLA on the clinical presentation, treatment response, and outcome of DAS in stroke survivors...
- Clozapine use in schizophrenia: findings of the Research on Asia Psychotropic Prescription (REAP) studies from 2001 to 2009
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tai Po Hospital, New Territories, Hong Kong
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:968-75. 2011
..This study examined the prescription patterns of clozapine and its demographic and clinical correlates in Asia from 2001 to 2009...
- Association of insight with sociodemographic and clinical factors, quality of life, and cognition in Chinese patients with schizophrenia
Yu Tao Xiang
Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, China
Compr Psychiatry 53:140-4. 2012
..The aims of this study were to assess insight in Chinese patients with schizophrenia and to identify its relationship with sociodemographic and clinical factors, cognition, and quality of life (QOL)...
- Alcohol consumption, lung function, and quality of life in pneumoconiosis
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29:1230-6. 2005
..The aim of this study was to examine drinking patterns and the impact of drinking on lung function and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Chinese patients with pneumoconiosis...
- Poststroke fatigue is associated with caudate infarcts
W K Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Neurol Sci 324:131-5. 2013
..However, the significance of caudate lesions in poststroke fatigue (PSF) is unknown. This study examined the association between caudate infarcts and PSF...
- Demographic and clinical features and prescribing patterns of psychotropic medications in patients with the melancholic subtype of major depressive disorder in China
Yu Tao Xiang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
PLoS ONE 7:e39840. 2012
..This study examined the frequency of melancholia in Chinese MDD patients and explored its demographic and clinical correlates and prescribing patterns of psychotropic drugs...
- Modified and unmodified electroconvulsive therapy: a comparison of attitudes between psychiatrists in Beijing and Hong Kong
Chi Ming Leung
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
J ECT 25:80-4. 2009
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- Training patients with schizophrenia with the community re-entry module: a controlled study
Yutao Xiang
Dept of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:464-9. 2006
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- Oral health of psychiatric in-patients in Hong Kong
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Int J Soc Psychiatry 50:186-91. 2004
..Poor oral health has been reported among various psychiatric populations. Little is known regarding the oral health among psychiatric patients in Asia...
- Association of demographic characteristics, symptomatology, retrospective and prospective memory, executive functioning and intelligence with social functioning in schizophrenia
Yu Tao Xiang
Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:1112-7. 2010
..e. prospective and retrospective memory, executive functioning, and intelligence) on social functioning in Chinese schizophrenia patients...
- [The beginnings of modern biological psychiatry in Hungary: the atropine coma. A historical overview]
Gabor S Ungvari
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Neuropsychopharmacol Hung 8:79-84. 2006
..This is all the more surprising because initial therapeutic results with atropine coma were favourable and it seemed to be a more safe and efficient treatment than the more widely used insulin coma...
- Anxiety symptoms in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy versus generalized epilepsy
W K Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, Hong Kong, China
Seizure 21:457-60. 2012
..The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of anxiety symptoms between patients with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and generalized epilepsy (GE)...
- Can IQCODE detect poststroke dementia?
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:706-10. 2003
..Little is known about the performance of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) in the screening of post-stroke dementia (PSDE)...
- The prevalence of sleep problems and their socio-demographic and clinical correlates in young Chinese rural residents
Helen Fung Kum Chiu
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Psychiatry Res 200:789-94. 2012
..Self-reported sleep disturbances are common among young Chinese residents. The low percentage of treated community residents might suggest a need to promote accessible and easily implemented interventions...
- Screening for poststroke depression in a Hong Kong rehabilitation hospital: impact of different raters
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin Hospital, Shatin, N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:474-6. 2003
- Tardive dyskinesia in Chinese inpatients with chronic schizophrenia
Siu-Kau Leung
Castle Peak Hospital, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong SAR, China
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 27:1029-35. 2003
..The study has also replicated the association of TD in Chinese schizophrenia patients with older age but failed to demonstrate any association between TD and other demographic or clinical characteristics including catatonia...
- Efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a prospective open trial
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, 11 F, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 27:373-9. 2003
..ECT augmentation of risperidone and olanzapine is of marginal efficacy compared to reports of the greater augmentation of these antipsychotics with other agents...
- Psychiatric morbidity in first time stroke patients in Hong Kong: a pilot study in a rehabilitation unit
Wai Kwong Tang
Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 11 F, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N T, Hong Kong SAR, China
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 36:544-9. 2002
..We examined the frequency of post-stroke psychiatric morbidity in Chinese first time stroke patients, including depressive and anxiety disorders, mania, and psychosis...
