Ju-Wei Hsu, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

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Ju-Wei Hsu, MD, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Taipei Veterans General Hospital and the Division of Psychiatry and Institute of Brain Science at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taipei, Taiwan. Since 2017, Hsu has published extensively on topics including child and adolescent psychiatry, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, geriatric psychiatry, neurodevelopmental disorders, neurology, and suicide. Research contributions focus on functional brain dysconnectivity in affective disorders, hormonal and inflammatory markers in psychiatric conditions, antidepressant resistance, and the epidemiology of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in nationwide populations. Frequent collaborators include Mu-Hong Chen, Ya-Mei Bai, Kai-Lin Huang, Shih-Jen Tsai, and Tzeng-Ji Chen.

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Triple Network Model–Based Functional Dysconnectivity in Young People With Major Affective Disorders With or Without Suicidal Ideation
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Triple Network Model–Based Functional Dysconnectivity in Young People With Major Affective Disorders With or Without Suicidal Ideation

November 19, 2025

In young people with major affective disorders, suicidality is associated with extensive functional dysconnectivity in the triple networks (default mode network, salience network, and frontoparietal network).
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Klotho and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Levels and Their Association with Inhibitory Dyscontrol in Adolescents with First-Episode Major Affective Disorders
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Klotho and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Levels and Their Association with Inhibitory Dyscontrol in Adolescents with First-Episode Major Affective Disorders

July 16, 2025

Adolescents with bipolar disorder and those with MDD had significantly lower Klotho levels compared with the control group; those with bipolar disorder had the highest MMP-9 levels, followed by...
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Appetite Hormone Regulation Biotypes of Major Affective Disorders
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Appetite Hormone Regulation Biotypes of Major Affective Disorders

April 9, 2025

Three appetite hormone regulation biotypes were identified among patients with major affective disorders. They were associated with proinflammatory cytokine profiles and executive function, with one biotype group showing poorer...
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Treatment Resistance in Late-Onset MDD
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Treatment Resistance in Late-Onset MDD

March 23, 2022

This study investigated the association of physical versus psychiatric comorbidities with treatment resistance in older people with late-onset major depressive disorder.
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Postpartum Depression and Psychosis and Subsequent Mental Disorders
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Postpartum Depression and Psychosis and Subsequent Mental Disorders

July 27, 2021

In the West, postpartum depression and psychosis have been linked to later mental disorders in both mothers and children, but does this hold true for Asian populations? This analysis...
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Prenatal Acetaminophen Exposure and ADHD Risk

September 10, 2019

Should a pregnant woman take acetaminophen? Learn the specific trimesters when consumption places the child most at risk for later being diagnosed with ADHD and whether other factors, like...
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Mental Disorders in First-Degree Relatives of ADHD Patients

April 30, 2019

Small-scale studies have shown that ADHD and severe psychiatric disorders are commonly clustered within families. Read this article to learn if this relationship held true in a large population-based...
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Bipolar Disorder and Sexually Transmitted Infection

March 12, 2019

What are some risk factors for (and protective factors against) sexually transmitted infections among adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder?
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Type 2 Diabetes in Youths With SGA Exposure

March 5, 2019

Do kids who take second-generation antipsychotics have the same risk of developing type 2 diabetes as adults taking these drugs? In this longitudinal follow-up study of over 91,000 adolescents...
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Traumatic Brain Injury, ADHD, and Autism

October 16, 2018

The consequences of neurologic injury in early childhood can be profound and long-lasting. This analysis of data from a Taiwanese national insurance database examines the association between TBI in...
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ADHD and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

May 1, 2018

Anecdotal evidence suggests that risk factors related to type 2 diabetes mellitus—including obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia—may be associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This study looked at this possible relationship more...
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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Suicide Attempts

August 29, 2017

Autism has been linked to higher rates of depression and to suicidality. This study leveraged data from a large insurance database to find out whether the presence of depression...
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