Heart rate variability in major depressive disorder and after antidepressant treatment with agomelatine and paroxetine: Findings from the Taiwan Study of Depression …

…, TBJ Kuo, SY Huang, CC Chang, HA Chang - Progress in Neuro …, 2016 - Elsevier
Evidence from previous studies suggests that heart rate variability (HRV) is reduced in major
depressive disorder (MDD). However, whether this reduction is attributable to the disorder …

[HTML][HTML] What could we learn from SARS when facing the mental health issues related to the COVID-19 outbreak? A nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

…, CC Chang, HA Chang, YC Kao, SY Chang… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
There were several studies about the psychiatric and mental health issues related to the severe
adult respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, however, the association between …

[HTML][HTML] Increased risk of psychiatric disorders in allergic diseases: a nationwide, population-based, cohort study

…, HA Chang, CH Chung, YC Kao, CC Chang… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background/objective Allergic diseases, such as bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic
dermatitis, and psychiatric disorders, are major health issues. There have been reports that …

The effects of add-on fronto-temporal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on auditory verbal hallucinations, other psychopathological symptoms, and insight …

CC Chang, NS Tzeng, CY Chao… - International Journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The efficacy of fronto-temporal transcranial direct current stimulation in treating
auditory verbal hallucinations and other psychopathological symptoms of schizophrenia …

Major depression is associated with cardiac autonomic dysregulation

HA Chang, CC Chang, CL Chen, TBJ Kuo… - Acta …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Chang HA, Chang CC, Chen CL, Kuo TBJ, Lu RB, Huang SY. Major depression is associated
with cardiac autonomic dysregulation.Objective: Altered cardiac autonomic function has …

Distinguishing bipolar II depression from unipolar major depressive disorder: Differences in heart rate variability

HA Chang, CC Chang, TBJ Kuo… - The World Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives. Bipolar II (BPII) depression is commonly misdiagnosed as unipolar depression (UD);
however, an objective and reliable tool to differentiate between these disorders is …

[HTML][HTML] Generalized anxiety disorder, comorbid major depression and heart rate variability: a case-control study in Taiwan

HA Chang, CC Chang, NS Tzeng, TBJ Kuo… - Psychiatry …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Decreased heart rate variability (HRV) has been reported in generalized anxiety
disorder (GAD), but the results are mixed. Little is known about the impact of comorbid major …

The relationships of current suicidal ideation with inflammatory markers and heart rate variability in unmedicated patients with major depressive disorder

CC Chang, NS Tzeng, YC Kao, CB Yeh, HA Chang - Psychiatry Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Studies investigating inflammatory status and autonomic functioning simultaneously in
depressed patients with current suicidal ideation (SI) are lacking. We recruited 58 unmedicated …

Heart rate variability in unmedicated patients with bipolar disorder in the manic phase

HA Chang, CC Chang, NS Tzeng… - Psychiatry and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Decreased heart rate variability ( HRV ) has been proposed in bipolar disorder. To
date, there has been no adequate study that has investigated resting HRV in unmedicated …

Gender-specific association between serotonin transporter polymorphisms (5-HTTLPR and rs25531) and neuroticism, anxiety and depression in well-defined healthy …

CC Chang, HA Chang, WH Fang, TC Chang… - Journal of Affective …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background A tri-allelic serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR/rs25531)
more effectively determines the levels of transcriptional efficacy than that with the bi-allelic 5-…