Expertise at Chang Gung System

Chang, Chia-Ming , M.D, Ph.D.
Institution:Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou
Position:Associate Professor and Staff Psychiatrist
Director, Suicide Prevention Center
Department: Department of Psychiatry / Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry / Suicide Prevention Center
Address: No.5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel:+886-9-75365653
Fax:+886-3-3277859
E-mail: cmchang58@yahoo.com.tw

Focus of Interest:
  • Psychiatry
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Psychology
  • Suicidology

Employment Record:
2007-present Director, Suicide Prevention Center, Linkou chang gung memorial hospital
2013-present Associate Professor, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital/ Chang Gung University
2007-7~ 2013 Assistant Professor and Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou.
2006-8~ 2007-6 Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou.
2004-7~ 2006-8 Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung.
2000-4~ 2006-8 Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung.
1999-8~ 2000-3 Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung.
1995-8~ 1997-9 Resident and Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung.
1993-8~ 1995-7 Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou.

Education:
1986-1993 M.D. Department of Medicine, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan
2003-2004 M.S. Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
2005-2008 Ph.D. Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Special Experience:
2001-2002 Melbourne-Harvard International Mental Health Leadership Fellowship
2009-2010 Post-doctoral Fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Honors and Awards:
2006年-2010年每年榮獲桃園縣醫院自殺防治督考第一名
2010年度協助醫院榮獲臺北市衛生局「社區自殺關懷網絡醫療院所示範醫院」

Selected Publications:

  1. Chia-Ming Chang, Shih-Cheng Liao, Hung-Chi Chiang, Ying-Yeh Chen, Kwan-Cho Tseng, Yeuk-LunChau, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Ming-Been Lee (2009, Dec). Gender differences in health care utilization in the 12 months before committing suicide: a national record linkage study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 195, 459-460.
  2. Chia-Ming Chang, Soichiro Sato, Changsu Han (2013, Dec). Evidence for the benefits of non- antipsychotic pharmacological augmentation in the treatment of depression. CNS Drugs , 27(supplement 1), 21-27.
  3. Chia-Ming Chang, Erin Chia-Chuen Wu, Chuen-Yu Chen, Kuan-Yi Wu, Hsin-Yi Liang, Yeuh-L Chau, Chi-Shin Wu, Keh-Ming Lin, Hui-Ju Tsai (2012, Apr). Psychotropic drugs and risk of motor vehicle accidents: a population-based case-control study. British Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology , 75, 1125-1133.
  4. Kuan-Yi Wu, Chia-Yih Liu, Yeuk-LunChau, Chia-Ming Chang* (2010, May). Transient ischemic attack and incidence of depression in old age: evidence from a population-based analysis in Taiwan. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18, 382-387.
  5. Chia-Ming Chang, Erin Chia-Hsuen Wu, I-Sou Chang, Keh-Ming Lin (2008, Jun). Benzodiazepine and risk of hip fractures in older people: a nested case-control study in Taiwan. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 686-692.

All publications

Board Certification:
1993 醫師執照;醫字023748號
1997 精神科專科醫師;精專506號
2004 教育部部定講師;講字079474號
2008 教育部部定助理教授;助字024819號

Ongoing projects:
Second Phase Program of Suicide Prevention Center: Strengthening a Hospital-based Suicide Prevention Center