The influence of friendship on migraine in young adolescents: A social network analysis.

Objective: The current study explored whether the chances of having migraine are influenced by a youth's friendship with a migraineur.

Methods: The study was centered on a community-based non-referral cohort of eighth graders from two middle schools in Taiwan. Among the 642 recruited adolescent students, 610 (95%) (mean age 14.

A Case Report of Probable Paliperidone ER-Induced Serotonin Syndrome in a 17-Year-Old Taiwanese Female With New Onset Psychosis.

A 17-year-old female with new-onset psychosis was treated with paliperidone. After increasing the paliperidone dose to 12 mg per day the patient developed a series of side effects; Tachycardia (140 bpm), severe drooling, restlessness, diaphoresis, whole-body tremor, inducible foot clonus, predominant lower limbs rigidity, bilateral pupil dilation, increased bowel sounds with watery diarrhea, and muscle hypertonicity. The symptoms subsided after stopping the paliperidone, and recurred after resuming paliperidone 9 mg per day.

Successful treatment of treatment-resistant schizophrenia in a 10-year-catatonic patient by augmentation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: a case report.

Although catatonia is a well defined syndrome, the treatment of chronic catatonia remains an unresolved issue. Here, we report a successful treatment of a 30-year-old patient with treatment-resistant catatonic schizophrenia in 10 years by augmentation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).We present a 30-year-old man with treatment-resistant catatonic schizophrenia who failed to respond to the treatment of benzodiazepines and antipsychotics for 10 years.

Incidence and risk factors of chronic daily headache in young adolescents: a school cohort study.

Objectives: This study investigated the incidence and risk factors of chronic daily headache (CDH) and its major subtypes in young adolescents.

Methods: A field cohort of 3342 adolescents aged 13 to 14 was established in 3 middle schools in Taitung, Taiwan, from 2005 to 2007. Participants without CDH at baseline were annually followed up for 1 to 2 years using the same questionnaires, including the Adolescent Depression Inventory and Pediatric Migraine Disability Assessment.

Relationship between childhood physical maltreatment and migraine in adolescents.

Objective: To study the relationship between childhood physical abuse and migraine in adolescents.

Background: Childhood maltreatment might lead to an increased probability of migraine among adults. Nevertheless, the relationship between migraine and childhood abuse is unknown in adolescents.

Use of the Chinese (Taiwan) version of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) among early adolescents in rural areas: reliability and validity study.

Background: To assess the screening abilities of the Chinese (Taiwan) version of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) for evaluating social phobia in an adolescent community sample.

Methods: A total of 3,393 students (1,669 boys, 1,724 girls), aged 13-15, completed the SPIN questionnaire. A total of 144 students were enrolled for validity.

Outcomes and predictors of chronic daily headache in adolescents: a 2-year longitudinal study.

Objectives: To assess the outcomes and predictors of chronic daily headache (CDH) in a community-based cohort of adolescents.

Methods: We established a field sample of 122 adolescents (32 M/90 F, ages 12 to 14) with CDH in 2000. These adolescents received annual follow-up by neurologists for 2 years via a semistructured telephone interview.

Chronic daily headache in adolescents: prevalence, impact, and medication overuse.

Objectives: To examine the prevalence, impact, and related medication use or overuse of primary chronic daily headache (CDH) among adolescents in a field sample.

Methods: The authors conducted a two-phase CDH survey of all students from ages 12 to 14 years in five selected middle schools in Taiwan. Subjects with CDH in the past year were identified and interviewed by neurologists.

Postpartum mood disorders may be related to a decreased insulin level after delivery.

Postpartum mood disorders are very frequent complications of delivery. The prevalence of postpartum blue syndrome is around 25% and that of postpartum depression is around 10%. These disorders greatly affect the well-being of these newly delivering mothers.

Does medication overuse headache represent a behavior of dependence?

Medication overuse is relatively common in patients with frequent headache. To explore the prevalence of patients who meet the criteria for substance dependence in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Edition IV (DSM-IV), and to identify variables of substance dependence among patients with chronic daily headache, we recruited consecutive patients with chronic daily headache at a headache clinic from November 1999 to June 2004. Each patient completed a headache intake form, a dependence questionnaire modified from DSM-IV, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

A longitudinal study of cognition change during early menopausal transition in a rural community.

Objective: To characterize changes in cognition that occur during the hormonal transitions of menopause.

Method: We conducted a longitudinal population-based study in Kinmen, Taiwan, recruiting all women age 40-54 years who were premenopausal and without a history of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or hysterectomy. The cognitive measures used to assess function included the Auditory-Verbal Learning Test, visual memory, verbal fluency, Trail Making Test and digit span.

Hot flashes are associated with psychological symptoms of anxiety and depression in peri- and post- but not premenopausal women.

Objective: To explore the relationship between anxiety, depression, vasomotor symptoms, and menopausal status among middle-aged women.

Design: A population-based study involving a rural Taiwanese population. Participants received a structured questionnaire, which included the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), gynecological history and a checklist of menopausal symptoms in the most recent 2 weeks.

Assessing quality of life for adolescents in Taiwan.

This study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Taiwanese quality of life questionnaire for adolescents and the factors affecting the quality of life of Taiwanese adolescents. The survey involved 5538 junior high school students, aged 13-15 years. An initial 90-item questionnaire was shortened to 38 items by means of principal component analyses.

Prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders in an assisted reproductive technique clinic.

Background: Little is known about the prevalence of specific depressive and anxiety disorders in women before a new course of assisted reproductive technology treatment. Few studies have adopted the proper psychiatric diagnostic procedures.

Methods: All consecutive women visiting the assisted reproduction clinic of a university-affiliated medical centre, with the intention of starting a new assisted reproduction treatment course, were recruited.

Ice-cream headache--a large survey of 8359 adolescents.

We conducted a self-administered questionnaire to investigate ice-cream headache in school adolescents aged 13-15 in Taiwan. The target population was 8789 students in 6 public junior high schools. A total of 8359 students completed the questionnaire (response rate 95.

Migraine prevalence during menopausal transition.

Background: The effect of menopausal transition on the frequency of migraine has never been the focus of a community-based study.

Methods: A cross-sectional community-based survey was undertaken among Chinese women aged 40 to 54 years in Kinmen, Taiwan. Neurologists diagnosed migraine based on the 1988 International Headache Society classification criteria.

Psychiatric comorbidity of chronic daily headache: impact, treatment, outcome, and future studies.

Patients with chronic daily headache have high frequencies of psychiatric comorbidity or psychologic distress in clinic-based studies. The presence of psychologic distress contributes to poor quality of life in patients with chronic daily headache. Antidepressants are effective in the treatment of chronic daily headache and its comorbid depression symptoms, although there is a discrepancy in the treatment response between chronic daily headache and comorbid depression.