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Overview

Chuan-Yu Chen is a researcher affiliated with National Yang Ming University in Taiwan, specializing in medicine. Their work spans clinical psychology, epidemiology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, as well as public health and occupational health.

Their research covers multiple topics, including the effects of prenatal substance exposure, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, smoking behavior and cessation, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, homelessness and social issues, child abuse and trauma, and criminal justice and corrections analysis.

Chuan-Yu Chen has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • BMC Public Health
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Medical Physics

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Elevated central venous pressure is associated with increased mortality and acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a meta-analysis," 2020, Critical Care
  • "Rates and causes of death after release from incarceration among 1,471,526 people in eight high-income and middle-income countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis," 2024, The Lancet
  • "Effects of childhood adversity trajectories on mental health outcomes in late adolescence: The buffering role of parenting practices in Taiwan," 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • "The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis," 2020, International Journal for Population Data Science
  • "Suicide attempts and death among heroin-involved women seeking methadone treatment in Taiwan," 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Wei J. Chen
  • Ian Wang
  • Jen-Huoy Tsay
  • Chung-Yi Li
  • Tan-Wen Hsieh

Best Publications

  • Association of Schizophrenia and Autoimmune Diseases: Linkage of Danish National Registers

    William W. Eaton;Majella Byrne;Henrik Ewald;Ole Mors

  • Early-onset drug use and risk for drug dependence problems

    Chuan Yu Chen;Carla L. Storr;James C. Anthony

  • Epidemiology of schizophrenia: review of findings and myths.

    Erick L. Messias;Chuan Yu Chen;William W. Eaton

  • Who becomes cannabis dependent soon after onset of use? Epidemiological evidence from the United States: 2000–2001

    Chuan Yu Chen;Megan S. O'Brien;James C. Anthony;James C. Anthony

  • Prevalence of autoimmune diseases in in-patients with schizophrenia: nationwide population-based study

    Shaw Ji Chen;Yu Lin Chao;Chuan Yu Chen;Chia Ming Chang

  • Health consequences of illegal drug use.

    Chuan Yu Chen;Keh Ming Lin

  • Marijuana use and the risk of Major Depressive Episode. Epidemiological evidence from the United States National Comorbidity Survey.

    Chuan Yu Chen;Fernando A. Wagner;James C. Anthony

  • Religiosity and the Earliest Stages of Adolescent Drug Involvement in Seven Countries of Latin America

    Chuan Yu Chen;Catherine M. Dormitzer;J. Bejarano;James C. Anthony

  • Factors associated with the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders: a population-based longitudinal study.

    Chuan Yu Chen;Chieh Yu Liu;Wen Chuan Su;Su Ling Huang

  • Truancy and illicit drug use among adolescents surveyed via street outreach

    Ling Chih Chou;Chi Yin Ho;Chuan Yu Chen;Wei J. Chen

  • Predictors of the incidence and discontinuation of long-term use of benzodiazepines: a population-based study.

    Shao-You Fang;Chuan-Yu Chen;Chuan-Yu Chen;I-Shou Chang;Erin Chia-Hsuan Wu

  • Possible age-associated bias in reporting of clinical features of drug dependence: epidemiological evidence on adolescent-onset marijuana use

    Chuan Yu Chen;James C. Anthony

  • Epidemiological estimates of risk in the process of becoming dependent upon cocaine: cocaine hydrochloride powder versus crack cocaine.

    Chuan Yu Chen;James C. Anthony;James C. Anthony

  • The PACARDO research project: youthful drug involvement in Central America and the Dominican Republic

    Catherine M. Dormitzer;Gonzalo B. Gonzalez;Marcel Penna;Julio Bejarano

  • Depression trajectories and obesity among the elderly in Taiwan.

    S.-Y. Kuo;K.-M. Lin;C.-Y. Chen;Y.-L. Chuang

  • Use of ecstasy and other psychoactive substances among school-attending adolescents in Taiwan: national surveys 2004–2006

    Wei J. Chen;Tsung Chieh Fu;Te Tien Ting;Wei Lun Huang

  • “Unequal opportunity”: neighbourhood disadvantage and the chance to buy illegal drugs

    C. L. Storr;C. Y. Chen;J. C. Anthony

  • Botulinum toxin therapy for temporomandibular joint disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    Y.-W. Chen;Y.-W. Chiu;C.-Y. Chen;S.-K. Chuang

  • The adolescent behavioral repertoire as a context for drug exposure: Behavioral autarcesis at play

    Chuan Yu Chen;Catherine M. Dormitzer;Ulises Gutiérrez;Kenneth Vittetoe

  • Influences of parenting practices on the risk of having a chance to try cannabis.

    Chuan Yu Chen;Carla L. Storr;James C. Anthony

  • Urbanicity-related Variation in Help-seeking and Services Utilization among Preschool-age Children with Autism in Taiwan

    Chuan Yu Chen;Chuan Yu Chen;Chieh Yu Liu;Wen Chuan Su;Su Ling Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu-Sen Chang
Shu-Sen Chang National Taiwan University
Frederick L. Altice
Frederick L. Altice Yale University
Tony Butler
Tony Butler University of New South Wales
Hannah L.F. Cooper
Hannah L.F. Cooper Emory University
Matthew J Spittal
Matthew J Spittal University of Melbourne
Rohan Borschmann
Rohan Borschmann University of Melbourne
Michael Windle
Michael Windle Emory University
Daniel Pratt
Daniel Pratt University of British Columbia
Huey-Ru Chuang
Huey-Ru Chuang National Cheng Kung University
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales

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