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Yen-Kuang Yang

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  • 3527 Citations
  • 28 h-Index
19992019
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Education

  • 1978~1985 Department of Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University

Experience

  • 1991～1993 Attending staff in Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH)
  • 1993～1998 Director, Division of Community Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, NCKUH
  • 1993～2003 Lecturer in Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
  • 1998～2012 Director, Division of General Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH)
  • 2003～2007 Associate Professor in Department of Psychiatry, NCKU
  • 2007～2008 Chairman in Department of Psychiatry, NCKUH, Dou-Liou Branch
  • 2007～2008 Vice chairman & executive secretary of Human Experiment Review Committee, NCKUH, Tainan
  • 2007～2011 Director of Student Counseling Division, NCKU
  • 2009～2015 Chairman in Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, NCKU and NCKUH,
  • 2015~2016 Director, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
  • 2017~2017 Deputy superintendent, National Cheng Kung University & Hospital, Dou-Liu Branch

Research Interests

  • Clinical Medicine
  • Social Medicine,Neuroimaging Medicine
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Medicine

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Projects 2002 2018

接受正念治療中甲狀腺正常但合併焦慮及憂鬱症狀的葛瑞夫症患者，附加經顱直流電刺激以促進長期學習與認知提升 – 隨機、單盲、偽控制組之研究

Yang, Y.

17-08-01 → 18-07-31

Project: Research project

思覺失調(精神分裂)症的生物標記、治療成效與成本推估: 多樣本整合研究

Yang, Y.

16-08-01 → 17-07-31

Project: Research project

思覺失調(精神分裂)症的生物標記、治療成效與成本推估: 多樣本整合研究

Yang, Y.

15-08-01 → 16-07-31

Project: Research project

注意力缺陷過動症照護者與成人患者的熱執行功能、腦部連結、多巴胺活動、心理社會功能與生活品質 – 結合功能性磁振造影與單同位素單光子電腦造影之研究。

Yang, Y.

14-01-01 → 14-12-31

Project: Research project

泛焦慮症於神經影像、神經電生理與神經心理之一年前瞻性研究

Yang, Y.

13-08-01 → 14-07-31

Project: Research project

Research Output 1999 2019

1 Citation (Scopus)

Availability of Striatal Dopamine Transporter in Healthy Individuals With and Without a Family History of ADHD

Tai, Y-C., Chi, M-H., Chu, C. L., Chiu, N-T., Yao, W-J., Chen, P-S. & Yang, Y-K., 2019 May 1, In : Journal of Attention Disorders. 23, 7, p. 665-670 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Corpus Striatum
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
Caudate Nucleus
Putamen
Basal Ganglia

Collapsin response mediator protein 5 (CRMP5) causes social deficits and accelerates memory loss in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease

Lin, Y. S., Lin, Y. F., Chen, K. C., Yang, Y. K. & Hsiao, Y. H., 2019 Oct, In : Neuropharmacology. 157, 107673.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Semaphorin-3A
Memory Disorders
Alzheimer Disease
Animal Models
Proteins

Correlation between interleukin-6 levels and methadone maintenance therapy outcomes

Lu, R. B., Wang, T. Y., Lee, S. Y., Chen, S. L., Chang, Y. H., See Chen, P., Lin, S. H., Chu, C. H., Huang, S. Y., Tzeng, N. S., Lee, I. H., Chin Chen, K., Kuang Yang, Y., Chen, P., Chen, S. H. & Hong, J. S., 2019 Nov 1, In : Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 204, 107516.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Methadone
Interleukin-6
Opioid Analgesics
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Morphine

Heart Rate Variability is Associated with Memory in Females

Morandi, G. N., Lin, S. H., Lin, C-W., Yeh, T. L., Chu, C. L., Lee, I-H., Chi, M-H., Chen, K-C., Chen, P-S. & Yang, Y-K., 2019 Jun 1, In : Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback. 44, 2, p. 117-122 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Heart Rate
Wechsler Scales
Cognition
Spectrum Analysis
Healthy Volunteers

Hypothesis of the optimal therapeutic effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for psychiatric disorders: Integration of positive cognitive tasks during the neuroplastic process

Lin, S. H. & Yang, Y. K., 2019 Apr, In : Medical Hypotheses. 125, p. 1-4 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Therapeutic Uses
Psychiatry
Cognition
Task Performance and Analysis
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Thesis

Therapeutic Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Neurocognitive Function in Patients with Heroin Dependence

Author: 家威, 陳., 2019

Supervisor: Yang, Y. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master's Thesis