3 results match your criteria: "Tsaotun Psychiatric Center Department of Health[Affiliation]"
Differential effects of olanzapine and clozapine on plasma levels of adipocytokines and total ghrelin.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
April 2015
Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) have been associated with an increased liability for weight gain and metabolic side effects. Among SGAs, clozapine and olanzapine had great liability to induce weight gain and metabolic adverse reactions. Leptin, adiponectin, and total ghrelin play important roles in energy homeostasis and are suggested to be biomarkers of metabolic disturbances.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study investigates the prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among heroin dependent individuals who received methadone maintenance therapy in Taiwan. Also, we investigate users' awareness of HCV.
Methods: Participants were 773 heroin users entering the methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program at Tsaotun Psychiatric Center in Taiwan.
The experiences of primary caregivers raising school-aged children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
J Clin Nurs
June 2009
Nursing Department, Tsaotun Psychiatric Center Department of Health, Nantou, Taiwan, ROC.
Aims And Objectives: To understand the experiences of primary caregivers who are bringing up school-aged children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The research findings will help address the problems related to caring for school-aged children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Background: In Taiwan, the rate of school-aged children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ranges from 7.