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The roles of GABA and NMDA receptors in viral infections: based on current literature Open

Keming Ning, Wenbo Xu, Yihan Wang, Lei Lei, Winston W. Shen , et al. · 2025

Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors (GABARs) primarily function by suppressing inflammatory responses, modulating neuronal excitability, and maintaining intracellular homeostasis, whereas N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play a key ro…

Team Taiwan in Psychiatry Can Do for the Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry Open

Winston W. Shen · 2025

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Allan Tasman, Chee H. Ng, Helen Chiu, Hong Kong, Yu‐Tao Xiang , et al. · 2024

Defining the Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry in 2024: From Taiwan to the World Open

Winston W. Shen · 2024

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José de León, Georgios Schoretsanitis, John Kane, Ruan Original, Ganesh Kudva Kundadak , et al. · 2020

Aims and Scope: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry is an international psychiatric journal focused on the Asia and Pacific Rim region, and is the official journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatry.Asia-Pacific Psychiatry enables psychiatrists …

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Gabriel Ivbijaro, Lucja Kolkiewicz, David Goldberg, Michelle Riba, Isatou N'jie , et al. · 2019

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Concurrent antipsychotic use in older adults treated with antidepressants in Asia Open

Min Dong, Liangnan Zeng, Qinge Zhang, Gábor S. Ungvári, Chee H. Ng , et al. · 2019

Aim Depressive disorders are common in old age. Antipsychotics (APs) are often used as an adjunctive treatment with antidepressants (ADs) in this population but its patterns of use in Asia are not known. This study explored the rate of com…

Anticraving therapy for alcohol use disorder: A clinical review Open

Winston W. Shen · 2018

Aim In this review, the author focused on anticraving therapy for alcohol use disorder ( AUD ) defined by DMS ‐5. A comprehensive review was carried out on the available published papers on anticraving drugs for treating AUD patients. Meth…

Physical comorbidities in older adults receiving antidepressants in Asia Open

Xiaomei Zhong, Min Dong, Fei Wang, Qinge Zhang, Gábor S. Ungvári , et al. · 2018

Background The present study explored the patterns of physical comorbidities and their associated demographic and clinical factors in older psychiatric patients prescribed with antidepressants in Asia. Methods Demographic and clinical info…

More than Half of Patients with Schizophrenia Are Receiving Polypharmacy and Co-Prescription of Anxiolytics in Pakistan —Findings from Research on Asian Prescription Pattern in 2016 Open

Mazhar Malik, Usman Ghani, Nariman Awais, Nargis Munir, Afzal Javed , et al. · 2018

Objective: Little is known about the prescription pattern of psychotropic drugs for patients with schizophrenia in Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristic features of psychotropic drug prescriptions for patie…

A Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Production on Second-Generation Anti-Psychotic Drugs in Malaysia Open

Francisco López‐Muñoz, F. Javier Povedano-Montero, Chee Kok-Yoon, Winston W. Shen, Poveda Fernández-Martín , et al. · 2018

The publications on SGAs in Malaysia have undergone exponential growth, without evidence a saturation point.

Concurrent benzodiazepine use in older adults treated with antidepressants in Asia Open

Xiao-Mei Zhong, Fei Wang, Qinge Zhang, Gábor S. Ungvári, Chee H. Ng , et al. · 2017

Nearly, half of the older adults treated with antidepressants in Asia are prescribed concurrent benzodiazepines. Given the potentially adverse effects of benzodiazepines, the rationale of benzodiazepines and antidepressants co-prescription…

A comparison of clinical characteristics of older adults treated with antidepressants in general and psychiatric hospitals in <span>A</span>sia Open

Yuanyuan Wang, Yu‐Tao Xiang, Gábor S. Ungvári, Chee H. Ng, Helen F.K. Chiu , et al. · 2017

Aim This study compared the demographics, clinical characteristics, and antidepressant prescription patterns between A sian patients aged 50 years and older attending psychiatric hospitals and those attending general hospitals. Methods In …

The Abuse of Psychiatry and (Psycho) Pharmacology in Nazi Regime and the Nuremberg Trials: Ethical Issues in Human Research Open

Francisco López‐Muñoz, Cristerna González, Winston W. Shen · 2015

After World War II, an international military court sentenced 20 Nazi doctors and 3 collaborators with crimes against the humanity at the Nuremberg Trials. For the past 70 years after Nuremberg Trials, the restoration to pre-Nazi’s ethical…

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Hoi Pit, Charles Chio, Norman Sartorius, Jacinta Tan, Chih‐Hung Ko , et al. · 2015

Aims and Scope: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry is an international psychiatric journal focused on the Asia and Pacific Rim region, and is the official journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatry.Asia-Pacific Psychiatry enables psychiatrists …

Investigation of Associations between NR1D1, RORA and RORB Genes and Bipolar Disorder Open

Yin-Chieh Lai, Chung‐Feng Kao, Mong‐Liang Lu, Hsi‐Chung Chen, Po‐Yu Chen , et al. · 2015

Several genes that are involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms are implicated in the susceptibility to bipolar disorder (BD). The current study aimed to investigate the relationships between genetic variants in NR1D1 RORA, and RORB…

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