Chia-Ming Chang

TL;DR: PTSD and PTSS are commonly observed following earthquake exposure and are associated with similarly high levels of psychosocial impairment.

TL;DR: Schizophrenia was associated with a greater variety of autoimmune diseases than was anticipated and Gender-specific variation was found for Sjögren syndrome, hereditary haemolytic anaemia, myasthenia gravis, polymyalgia rheumatica and dermatomyositis.

TL;DR: Results from multivariate logistic regression indicated that job experience and confrontive coping were significant predictors of psychiatric morbidity, while job experience, distancing, escape‐avoidance, and positive reappraisal were significant Predictors of posttraumatic morbidity.

TL;DR: Results indicated that males, elderly, and those with physical or mental disorders were more likely to become long-term users of BZDs, and having received BZD prescriptions in multiple pharmacological agents, short-acting or mixed-type agents, and hypnotic indication were associated with a roughly 2- to 5-fold increased risk of BzD LTU soon after prescription initiation.

TL;DR: A telephone interview survey containing the BSRS-5 items is an efficient way to identify determinants of suicidal ideation and its associated risk factors in the general population.