27 results match your criteria: "Taoyuan Mental Hospital[Affiliation]"
Effects of cognitive stimulus therapy on middle-aged and elderly institutionalized patients with chronic schizophrenia with declined cognition.
J Formos Med Assoc
September 2023
Department of Clinical Psychology, Yuli Hospital, Taiwan.
Purpose: This study investigates whether using group Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) effectively improves functioning among middle-aged and elderly patients with chronic schizophrenia and a below-normal cognitive range.
Methods: The study included an experimental group (N = 24), which was divided into two sub-groups to receive group CST, and a control group (N = 24), who received treatment as usual (TAU). We assessed cognitive functions using the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE).
Efficacy and safety of paliperidone palmitate three-monthly formulation in East Asian patients with schizophrenia: subgroup analysis of a global, randomized, double-blind, Phase III, noninferiority study.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat
August 2017
Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Objective: To demonstrate the efficacy and safety of paliperidone palmitate three-monthly (PP3M) formulation in an East Asian population with schizophrenia by subgroup analysis of a double-blind (DB), multicenter, noninferiority study.
Patients And Methods: Of 1,429 patients who entered the open-label (OL) phase, 510 were East Asian (China: 296 [58%], Japan: 175 [34%], South Korea: 19 [4%] and Taiwan: 20 [4%]). In the 17-week OL phase, patients received paliperidone palmitate once-monthly (PP1M) formulation on day 1 (150 mg eq.
Fast Versus Slow Strategy of Switching Patients With Schizophrenia to Aripiprazole From Other Antipsychotics.
J Clin Psychopharmacol
December 2015
From the *Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital; †Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health; ‡Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan County; §School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei; ||National Clinical Trial Statistical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
This study aimed to compare strategies differing in the speed of switching schizophrenic patients to aripiprazole from other antipsychotic agents, with dual administration for 2 weeks and then tapering off the current antipsychotic in fast (within 1 week) versus slow (within 4 weeks) strategies. This 8-week, open-label, randomized, parallel study assigned patients with a primary Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to either the fast-switching (n = 38) or slow-switching (n = 41) group. Efficacy assessments at 5 time points included Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale and Clinical Global Impression scale.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSuppression of antipsychotic-induced tardive dyskinesia with aripiprazole in an elderly patient with bipolar I disorder.
Acta Neuropsychiatr
February 2014
1 Department of Psychiatry, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Introduction: Aripiprazole has a low risk for causing extrapyramidal syndrome and can remit neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (TD). Here, we presented a case in which TD was suppressed, but not cured, by long-term aripiprazole treatment.
Case: This 74-year-old male patient had bipolar I disorder and had developed TD many times after several antipsychotic treatments.
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among heroin users who received methadone maintenance therapy in Taiwan.
Am J Addict
December 2014
Department of Health, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Background: Many patients under methadone maintenance treatment are present with comorbid psychiatric symptoms.
Objective: We wish to examine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among heroin users who received methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) in Taiwan.
Methods: By combining the National Health Insurance Research database and Center for Disease Control database, 18,271 heroin users who received MMT were defined as the subject group and after matching age and sex, 73,084 patients were randomly selected as the control group.
Antipsychotic discontinuation in patients with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published randomized controlled studies.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord
December 2014
Department of Psychiatry, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Background: There is a lack of clarity in the literature on the impact of antipsychotic discontinuation in dementia.
Method: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published randomized controlled studies comparing the effects of antipsychotic discontinuation versus continuation in dementia. MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycInfo, Cochrane Library and CINAHL were searched.
An open-label, randomized, controlled trial of zotepine and risperidone for acutely ill, hospitalized, schizophrenic patients with symptoms of agitation.
J Clin Psychopharmacol
December 2013
From the *Department of General Psychiatry, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan County; †Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei; ‡Department of Psychology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li; §Bali Psychiatric Center; ∥Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital; ¶Institute of Public Health and Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University; and #Institute of Neuroscience, College of Science, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Acutely ill, schizophrenic patients frequently require management of agitation. This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of oral zotepine and risperidone in hospitalized, acutely ill schizophrenic patients with symptoms of agitation.This was a 6-week, multicenter, randomized, open-label, parallel-group, flexible dosing study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncreased risk of hyperlipidemia in patients with major depressive disorder: a population-based study.
J Psychosom Res
September 2013
Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Objective: We conducted this study to examine the prevalence and incidence of hyperlipidemia among Taiwanese patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).
Methods: We used a random sample of 766,427 subjects who were ≥ 18 years old in 2005. Subjects with at least one primary diagnosis of MDD were identified.
Increased risk of chronic liver disease in patients with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study.
Psychosomatics
June 2015
Department of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming university, Taipei, Taiwan.
Objective: To investigate the prevalence and incidence of chronic liver disease in patients with schizophrenia in Taiwan.
Methods: We used a random sample of 661,266 subjects aged ≥ 18 from the National Health Research Institute database in the year 2000. Subjects with at least one primary diagnosis of schizophrenia (The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification: 295) in 2000 were selected.
Trends, correlates, and disease patterns of antipsychotic use among children and adolescents in Taiwan.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
December 2013
Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, No. 71, Longshow Street, Taoyuan, 33058, Taiwan.
Purpose: We used Taiwan's population-based National Health Insurance database to investigate the trends, correlates, and disease patterns of antipsychotic use among children and adolescents.
Methods: The National Health Research Institutes provided a database of 1,000,000 random subjects for study. We chose subjects who were aged 18 years or younger during 1997-2005.
Risk factors for falling in psychiatric inpatients: a prospective, matched case-control study.
J Psychiatr Res
August 2013
Department of General Psychiatry, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan.
Falling is one the most common types of inpatient adverse events. Most fall-related research was conducted retrospectively and focused on elderly population in general hospital settings. This study aimed to timely identify all potential risk factors associated with falls and fall-related injury in a psychiatric inpatient setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncreased risk of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism in patients with major depressive disorder: a population-based study.
J Psychosom Res
March 2013
Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Objective: To determine the prevalence and incidence of hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and risk factors in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).
Methods: The National Health Research Institute provided a database of 1,000,000 random subjects for health service studies. We identified subjects aged ≥18 years who had at least 1 service claim during 2005 with a primary diagnosis of MDD or with a primary or secondary diagnosis of hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire.
Compr Psychiatry
August 2013
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
This study aimed to establish the norms and to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Sample included a representative sample of 3534 students (grades 1 to 8) from one city and one suburb each in Northern and Southern Taiwan by using a multistage sampling method and 211 psychiatric outpatients diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), aged 6 to 15, consecutively recruited from a medical center in Taipei. All the parents and teachers and participants with grade 4 or higher completed the SDQ.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk of hypertension in patients with bipolar disorder in Taiwan: a population-based study.
Compr Psychiatry
August 2013
Department of Health, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Objective: To examine the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors of hypertension in patients with bipolar disorder in Taiwan.
Method: The National Health Research Institute provided a database of 1,000,000 random subjects for study in Taiwan. Study subjects ≥ 18 years or older had at least one service claim during 2005 for either outpatient or inpatient care, with a primary or secondary diagnosis of hypertension combined with antihypertensive drug treatment were identified.
Increased risk of hypertension in patients with major depressive disorder: a population-based study.
J Psychosom Res
September 2012
Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Objective: We conducted this study to detect the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors of hypertension in Taiwanese patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).
Methods: The National Health Research Institute provided a database of 1,000,000 random subjects for study. We obtained a random sample of 766,427 subjects, aged ≥18 years in 2005.
Trends, correlates, and disease patterns of antidepressant use among children and adolescents in Taiwan.
J Child Neurol
June 2013
Department of Health, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, 71 Longshow Street, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
The authors used a population-based database to investigate antidepressant use among children and adolescents in Taiwan. The National Health Research Institutes provided a database of 1 000 000 random subjects for study. The authors adopted this sample of subjects who were younger than 18 years during 1997 to 2005.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence, incidence, and stimulant use of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Taiwan, 1996-2005: a national population-based study.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
December 2012
Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, No. 71, Longshow Street, Taoyuan City, 33058, Taoyuan County, Taiwan.
Purpose: We used National Health Insurance (NHI) database to examine the prevalence, incidence, and stimulant use of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis in Taiwan.
Methods: The National Health Research Institute provided a database of 10,00,000 random subjects for study. A population-based random sample of 372,642 patients aged younger than 18 was obtained as a dynamic cohort.
Risperidone and olanzapine versus another first generation antipsychotic in patients with schizophrenia inadequately responsive to first generation antipsychotics.
Pharmacopsychiatry
March 2012
Department of General Psychiatry, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Objective: This study compares the efficacy of risperidone and olanzapine to that of first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs) in patients with schizophrenia, who failed to show a response to initial trials of FGAs.
Method: This study was an 8-week treatment, randomized, rater-blind, active-control study with 3 treatment arms. 48 patients, who showed inadequate response to 1 FGA, were enrolled and randomized into risperidone, olanzapine, or FGA (haloperidol or trifluoperazine) groups.
Prevalence of diabetes in patients with major depressive disorder: a population-based study.
Compr Psychiatry
July 2012
Department of Health, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Objective: We conducted this population-based study to detect the prevalence and associated factors of diabetes in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) in Taiwan.
Methods: The National Health Research Institute provided a database of 1,000,000 random subjects for health service study. We obtained a random sample of 766,427 subjects 18 years or older, in 2005.
Prevalence and incidence of autism spectrum disorders among national health insurance enrollees in Taiwan from 1996 to 2005.
J Child Neurol
July 2011
Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
The authors used a national database to examine the prevalence and incidence of autism spectrum disorders. The National Health Research Institute provided a database of 1,000,000 random participants for study. A population-based sample of 372,642 aged younger than 18 was obtained as a dynamic cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence of diabetes in patients with bipolar disorder in Taiwan: a population-based national health insurance study.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry
April 2011
Department of Health, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County 33058, Taiwan.
Objective: We investigated the prevalence and correlates of diabetes in patients with bipolar disorder in Taiwan.
Methods: The National Health Research Institute provided a database of 1,000,000 random subjects from which we selected a sample of 766,427 subjects aged 18 years and over. We identified study subjects who had at least one service claim during 2005, with a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder or with a prescription for treatment of diabetes.
Sleep quality and quality of life in female shift-working nurses.
J Adv Nurs
July 2010
Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, Taiwan.
Aim: This paper is a report of a study of the factors that influence sleep quality and quality of life among shift-working nurses and the relationship between their sleep quality and quality of life.
Background: Although shift-working nurses strive to adapt their life schedules to shift rotations, they tend to suffer from severe sleep disturbances and increased rates of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, digestive disease and irregular menstrual cycles. Poor sleep is also associated with medical errors and occupational injuries.
A single-blind, comparative study of zotepine versus haloperidol in combination with a mood stabilizer for patients with moderate-to-severe mania.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
April 2010
General Psychiatry, Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Aims: Atypical antipsychotics are increasingly used in the management of acute mania. This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of zotepine compared to haloperidol in combination with a mood stabilizer (lithium or valproate) for treatment of acute mania.
Methods: This was a multi-center, randomized, rater-blinded, parallel-group, flexible-dose study.
A randomized controlled trial of risperidone and olanzapine for schizophrenic patients with neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia.
J Clin Psychiatry
September 2010
Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of risperidone and olanzapine in schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia on treatment with first-generation antipsychotics.
Method: We conducted a 24-week, rater-blinded, flexible-dose study. Sixty patients with DSM-IV schizophrenia (n = 58) or schizoaffective disorder (n = 2) met the DSM-IV research criteria for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia and were randomly assigned to a risperidone or olanzapine group.