Ta-Wei Guu 谷大為

Academic Appointments

• Head of Medical Education Division, Department of Medical Education and Research,  China Medical University Beigang Hospital, Taiwan

          中國醫藥大學北港附設醫院教研部教學組長

• Attending Physician, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Beigang Hospital, Taiwan

          中國醫藥大學北港附設醫院身心內科主治醫師

• Research Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK

          英國Maudsley醫院及南倫敦（South London and Maudsley）NHS醫療體系 精神科研究醫師

• Adjunct attending physician, Sleep Medicine Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

         中國醫藥大學附設醫院睡眠中心兼任主治醫師

Education

• Ph.D. candidate, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK （Fully funded by Ministry of Education, Taiwan）

          英國倫敦國王學院老人精神醫學博士候選人（教育部公費留學老人醫學與長期照護學門獎助）

• M.D., National Defense Medical Center (Honorary Student Award of Class 2011)

          國防醫學院醫學系畢業（獲2011年畢業生「榮譽學生獎」）

• Visiting scholar, Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, CA, USA.

          美國史丹佛大學睡眠醫學中心進修

• Research exchange to Department of Cell Physiology& Metabolism, University of Geneva, Switzerland.（Granted by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations.）

          瑞士日內瓦大學生理學科研究交換學生（世界醫學生聯盟獎助）

Professional Experiences

• Resident and Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.

         中國醫藥大學附設醫院精神醫學部住院醫師、總醫師

• Post-Graduate Year（PGY）Resident, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan.

          國立台灣大學附設醫院一般科住院醫師

• Rotating internship, Veterans’ General Hospital of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.（Awarded 'Best Intern of the Year' for two consecutive terms.）

          高雄榮民總醫院實習醫師（兩年實習皆獲選最佳實習醫師獎）

• World Vision Thailand Branch Regional Development Project-Intern, Mae-Fah-Luang Hospital, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand（Awarded by the Youth Development Administrative, Ministry of Education, Taiwan）

           世界展望會泰國分會區域發展計畫-泰國清萊省泰后醫院實習醫師（教育部青年發展署青年實習計畫獎助）

Research Interests

Depression, Dementia, Behavioural and Psychological symptoms of Dementia（BPSD）, Technology-assisted treatment and monitoring, sleep medicine, nutritional psychiatry

憂鬱症、認知障礙症（失智症）、失智症之精神行為症狀（BPSD）、科技輔助治療與診斷、睡眠醫學、營養精神醫學

Publications

1. Guu, T.W., Aarsland, D., Ffytche, D. (2022). Light, sleep-wake rhythm, and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in care home patients: Revisiting the sundowning syndrome. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. doi: 10.1002/gps.5712 
2. Solmi, M., … Guu, T.W., & Correll, C. (2021). The collaborative outcomes study on health and functioning during infection times in adults (COH-FIT-Adults): Design and methods of an international online survey targeting physical and mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Affect Disord. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.048.
3. Guu, T.W., Tsai, S. & Su K. (2020). Autoimmune Psychosis in Taiwan: a case report and review of literature. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 100055, doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100055
4. Guu, T.W., Mischoulon, D., Sarris, J., Hibbeln, J., McNamara, R., & Hamazaki, K. et al. (2020). A multi-national, multi-disciplinary Delphi consensus study on using omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 265, 233-238. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.050
5. Guu, T.W., Mischoulon, D., Sarris, J., Hibbeln, J., McNamara, R., & Hamazaki, K. et al. (2019). International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research Practice Guidelines for Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder. Psychotherapy And Psychosomatics, 88(5), 263-273. doi: 10.1159/000502652

Contact

d66753@mail.bh.cmu.edu.tw